2 Kings 7:4
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
צָבָא
tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specif...
אֲרָם
ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
יָשַׁע
yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
מוּת
mûwth
to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
Key Terms in This Verse
אֲרָם ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Study H758 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →צָבָא tsâbâʼ
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
Study H6635 →יָשַׁע yâshaʻ
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
Study H3467 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →Cross References
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