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And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (KJV)
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וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <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 25:7 word 1
בְּנֵי֙be.Nei[the] sons of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 2
צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiah
Lemma: צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ (tsid.qiy.yah) · Strong's: H6667H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Zedekiah
Used 54 times. Also: 2 Kings 24:17, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Kings 25:2, 1 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 36:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6667H; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 3
שָׁחֲט֖וּsha.cha.Tuthey slaughtered
Lemma: שָׁחַט (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7819A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to slaughter
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 22:10, Genesis 37:31, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7819A; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 4
לְעֵינָ֑יוle.'ei.Navto eyes his
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 5
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <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 25:7 word 6
עֵינֵ֤י'ei.Nei[the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: appearance
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 7
צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiah
Lemma: צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ (tsid.qiy.yah) · Strong's: H6667H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Zedekiah
Used 54 times. Also: 2 Kings 24:17, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Kings 24:20, 2 Kings 25:2, 1 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 36:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6667H; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 8
עִוֵּ֔ר'i.Verhe made blind
Lemma: עָוַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5786
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpp3ms)
Meaning: to blind
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Jeremiah 39:7, Jeremiah 52:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5786; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 9
וַיַּאַסְרֵ֙הוּ֙vai.ya.'as.Re.huand he bound him
Lemma: אָסַר (a.sar) · Strong's: H0631
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to bind
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 39:20, Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0631; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 10
בַֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםvan.chush.Ta.yimwith <the> bronze fetters
Lemma: נְחֹ֫שֶׁת (ne.cho.shet) · Strong's: H5178A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: bronze
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 4:22, Exodus 25:3, Exodus 26:11, Exodus 26:37, Exodus 27:2, Exodus 27:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5178A; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 11
וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּvay.vi.'E.huand he brought him
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935I
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): towards
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 10:30, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 25:18, Genesis 35:16, Deuteronomy 33:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935I; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 12
בָּבֶֽל\׃\ \סba.VelBabylon
Lemma: בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל (ba.vel) · Strong's: H0894
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Babylon
Used 262 times. Also: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:9, 2 Kings 17:24, 2 Kings 17:30, 2 Kings 20:12, 2 Kings 20:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0894; TAHOT 2 Kings 25:7 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| they slaughtered | → | שָׁחַט H7819A to slaughter |
| the sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Zedekiah | → | צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ H6667H Zedekiah |
| before his eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| Then | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| they put out | → | עָוַר H5786 to blind |
| [his] | → | צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ H6667H Zedekiah |
| eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| bound him | → | אָסַר H0631 to bind |
| with bronze shackles | → | נְחֹ֫שֶׁת H5178A bronze |
| and took him | → | בּוֹא H0935I to come (in): towards |
| to Babylon | → | בָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶל H0894 Babylon |
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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