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2 Kings 25:1

וַיְהִי֩
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
בִשְׁנַ֨ת
shâneh
in/with/by — a year (as a revolution of time)
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֜ית
tᵉshîyʻîy
the — ninth
לְמָלְכ֗וֹ
mâlak
to/for — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ
chôdesh
in/with/by — the new moon; by implication, a month
הָעֲשִׂירִי֮
ʻăsîyrîy
the — tenth; by abbreviation, tenth month or (feminine) part
בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר
ʻâsôwr
in/with/by — ten; by abbreviated form ten strings, and so a decachord
לַחֹדֶשׁ֒
chôdesh
to/for — the new moon; by implication, a month
בָּ֠א
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
a king
בָּבֶ֜ל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
ה֧וּא
hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
וְכָל
kôl
and — properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
חֵיל֛וֹ
chayil
probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
וַיִּ֣חַן
chânâh
and — properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or siege)
עָלֶ֑יהָ
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
וַיִּבְנ֥וּ
bânâh
and — to build (literally and figuratively)
עָלֶ֖יהָ
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
דָּיֵ֥ק
dâyêq
a battering-tower
סָבִֽיב
çâbîyb
(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
2 Kings 25:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.
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Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.
2 Kings 25:1
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