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And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. (KJV)
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וַיָּקֻ֥מוּvai.ya.Ku.muand they arose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 1
עֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.Davservants his
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 2
וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ\־vai.yik.she.ru-and they conspired
Lemma: קָשַׁר (qa.shar) · Strong's: H7194
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to conspire
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 30:41, Genesis 30:42, Genesis 38:28, Genesis 44:30, Deuteronomy 6:8, Deuteronomy 11:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7194; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 3
קָ֑שֶׁרKa.shera conspiracy
Lemma: קֶ֫שֶׁר (qe.sher) · Strong's: H7195
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: conspiracy
Used 16 times. Also: 2 Samuel 15:12, 1 Kings 16:20, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 14:19, 2 Kings 15:15, 2 Kings 15:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7195; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 4
וַיַּכּוּ֙vai.ya.Kuand they struck down
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 5
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 6
יוֹאָ֔שׁyo.'AshJoash
Lemma: יוֹאָשׁ (yo.ash) · Strong's: H3101I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joash
Used 19 times. Also: 2 Kings 11:2, 2 Kings 12:19, 2 Kings 13:1, 2 Kings 13:10, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3101I; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 7
בֵּ֥יתbeitBeth-
Lemma: בֵּית מִלּוֹא (bet mil.lo) · Strong's: H1037
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: Beth-millo
Used 8 times. Also: Judges 9:6, Judges 9:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1037; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 8
מִלֹּ֖אmi.Lo'Millo
Lemma: בֵּית מִלּוֹא (bet mil.lo) · Strong's: H1037
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: Beth-millo
Used 8 times. Also: Judges 9:6, Judges 9:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1037; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 9
הַיּוֹרֵ֥דhai.yo.Redwhich goes down
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 10
סִלָּֽא\׃si.La'Silla
Lemma: סִלָּא (sil.la) · Strong's: H5538
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Silla
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5538; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:20 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the servants [of Joash] | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| rose up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| and formed | → | קָשַׁר H7194 to conspire |
| a conspiracy | → | קֶ֫שֶׁר H7195 conspiracy |
| and killed | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| [him] | → | יוֹאָשׁ H3101I Joash |
| . . . | → | בֵּית מִלּוֹא H1037 Beth-millo |
| at Beth-millo | → | בֵּית מִלּוֹא H1037 Beth-millo |
| on the road down | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| to Silla | → | סִלָּא H5538 Silla |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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