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Isaiah 36:1

וַיְהִ֡י
hâyâh
and — to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
בְּאַרְבַּע֩
ʼarbaʻ
in/with/by — four
עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה
ʻâsâr
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
שָׁנָ֜ה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
melek
to/for — a king
חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ
Chizqîyâh
Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites
עָלָ֞ה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
סַנְחֵרִ֤יב
Çanchêrîyb
Sancherib, an Assyrian king
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
a king
אַשּׁוּר֙
ʼAshshûwr
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
עַ֣ל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
כָּל
kôl
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
עָרֵ֧י
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יְהוּדָ֛ה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת
bâtsar
the — to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם
tâphas
and — to manipulate, i.e. seize; chiefly to capture, wield, specifically, to overlay; figuratively, to use unwarrantably
Isaiah 36:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. [2 Kin 18:13, 17-37; 2 Chr 32:9-19]
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This narrative section (ch.36-39) shifts the book from poetic oracle to historical prose, dramatizing exactly the Assyrian threat the preceding thirty-five chapters have been warning about.

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Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and conquered them. [2 Kin 18:13, 17-37; 2 Chr 32:9-19]
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