2 Kings 3:27
{ "verseID": "2Kings.3.27", "source": "וַיִּקַּח֩ אֶת־בְּנ֨וֹ הַבְּכ֜וֹר אֲשֶׁר־יִמְלֹ֣ךְ תַּחְתָּ֗יו וַיַּעֲלֵ֤הוּ עֹלָה֙ עַל־הַ֣חֹמָ֔ה וַיְהִ֥י קֶצֶף־גָּד֖וֹל עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּסְעוּ֙ מֵֽעָלָ֔יו וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ לָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*wa-yiqqaḥ* *ʾet*-his-son *ha-bĕkôr* who-would-*yimlōk* under-him, *wa-yaʿălēhû ʿōlāh* upon-*ha-ḥōmāh*; *wa-yĕhî qeṣep-gādôl* upon-*Yiśrāʾēl*, *wa-yissĕʿû* from-upon-him *wa-yāšubû* to-the-land.", "grammar": { "*wa-yiqqaḥ*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*bĕnô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son", "*ha-bĕkôr*": "definite article + masculine singular adjective - the firstborn", "*yimlōk*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he would reign", "*taḥtāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his place", "*wa-yaʿălēhû*": "conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he offered him", "*ʿōlāh*": "feminine singular noun - burnt offering", "*ha-ḥōmāh*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the wall", "*wa-yĕhî*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and there was", "*qeṣep-gādôl*": "masculine singular noun + masculine singular adjective - great wrath", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper name - Israel", "*wa-yissĕʿû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they departed", "*mē-ʿālāyw*": "preposition + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from upon him", "*wa-yāšubû*": "conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they returned", "*lā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - to the land" }, "variants": { "*ha-bĕkôr*": "firstborn/eldest", "*yimlōk*": "would reign/rule/succeed", "*wa-yaʿălēhû*": "offered him up/sacrificed him", "*ʿōlāh*": "burnt offering/sacrifice", "*qeṣep-gādôl*": "great wrath/fury/indignation", "*wa-yissĕʿû*": "they departed/withdrew/pulled back", "*wa-yāšubû*": "they returned/went back" } }