2 Kings 18:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַל־יַבְטַ֨ח אֶתְכֶ֤ם חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר הַצֵּ֥ל יַצִּילֵ֖נוּ יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א תִנָּתֵן֙ אֶת־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את בְּיַ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

Transliteration

And wəʾal-yaḇṭaḥ you ḥizqîyāhû to-YHWH lēmōr, haṣṣēl yaṣṣîlēnû YHWH and wəlōʾ tinnāṯēn ʾeṯ-the city the this in bəyaḏ king ʾaššûr.

Grammar Details

*wəʾal*: conjunction + negative particle - and do not
*yaḇṭaḥ*: 3rd masculine singular Hiphil jussive - let him cause to trust
*ḥizqîyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hezekiah
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*lēmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
*haṣṣēl*: Hiphil infinitive absolute - surely deliver
*yaṣṣîlēnû*: 3rd masculine singular Hiphil imperfect + 1st plural suffix - he will deliver us
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*tinnāṯēn*: 3rd feminine singular Niphal imperfect - she will be given
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*bəyaḏ*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in hand of
*ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria

Word Meanings

*haṣṣēl yaṣṣîlēnû*: emphatically deliver/certainly save/surely rescue
*yaḇṭaḥ*: cause to trust/make confident in

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 19:10 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
2 Kgs 19:22 : 22 Whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kgs 19:32-34 : 32 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah. 34 For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Ps 4:2 : 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? {Selah}
Ps 11:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David. In Jehovah do I take refuge: How say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain;
Ps 22:7-8 : 7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying], 8 Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah; Let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.
Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Ps 71:11 : 11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: Pursue and take him; For there is none to deliver.
Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So Jehovah is round about his people From this time forth and for evermore.
Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
Luke 23:35 : 35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

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