Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city. Young's Literal Translation And he writeth unto them a letter a second time, saying, ‘If ye [are] for me, and to my voice are hearkening, take the heads of the men—the sons of your lord, and come unto me about this time to-morrow, to Jezreel;’ and the sons of the king [are] seventy men, with the great ones of the city those bringing them up. King James Bible Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, [being] seventy persons, [were] with the great men of the city, which brought them up. Hebrew Then Jehu wroteוַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב (way·yiḵ·tōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3789: To grave, to write them אֲלֵיהֶם֩ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to a second שֵׁנִ֜ית (šê·nîṯ) Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number) letter סֵ֨פֶר ׀ (sê·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book and said: לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 559: To utter, say “If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you are on my side, אַתֶּ֜ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you and if you אַתֶּ֣ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you will obey me, שֹׁמְעִ֗ים (šō·mə·‘îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently then bring קְחוּ֙ (qə·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 3947: To take the heads רָאשֵׁי֙ (rā·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7218: The head of your master’s אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם (’ă·ḏō·nê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller sons בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son to me אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case at Jezreel יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה (yiz·rə·‘e·lāh) Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3157: Jezreel -- 'God sows', two Israelites, also two cities in Israel, also a valley in Northern Israel by this time כָּעֵ֥ת (kā·‘êṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 6256: Time, now, when tomorrow.” מָחָ֖ר (mā·ḥār) Adverb Strong's 4279: Deferred, the morrow, tomorrow, hereafter Now the king’s הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king sons, וּבְנֵ֤י (ū·ḇə·nê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son seventy שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number) in all, אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person were being brought up מְגַדְּלִ֥ים (mə·ḡad·də·lîm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great by the leading men גְּדֹלֵ֥י (gə·ḏō·lê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent of the city. הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement |
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