2 Kings 25:12
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. | But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. | But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| and some of [the] poor people of | וּמִדַּלַּ֣ת | u-mid-da-LAT | H1803B | poorדַּלָּה (dal.lah) 1) poor (usually coll of helpless people) 2)(TWOT) poorest, lowest |
| the land | הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha-'A-retz | H0776G | land: country/planetאֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) : country/field 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth … |
| he left behind | הִשְׁאִ֖יר | hish-'IR | H7604 | to remainשָׁאַר (sha.ar) 1) to remain, be left over, be left behind 1a) (Qal) to remain 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be left over, be left alive, survive 1b1a) remainder, remnant (participle) 1b2) to be left behind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to leave over, spare 1c2) to leave or keep over 1c3) to have left 1c4) to leave (as a gift) |
| [the] chief of | רַב־ | rav- | H7227B | chiefרַב (rav) captain, chief Aramaic equivalent: rav.re.van (רַבְרְבָן "noble" H7261) |
| [the] bodyguards | טַבָּחִ֑ים | ta-ba-CHIM | H2876 | guardטַבָּח (tab.bach) 1) executioner, cook, bodyguard, guardsman 1a) cook (who also killed the animal for food) 1b) guardsmen, bodyguard Aramaic equivalent: tab.bach (טַבָּח "guardsman" H2877) |
| to vinedressers | לְכֹֽרְמִ֖ים | le-kho-re-MIM | H3755 | to tend vineyardsכָּרַם (ko.rem) 1) to tend vines or vineyards, to dress vines or vineyards 1a) (Qal) vinedressers (participle) |
| and to ploughmen | וּלְיֹגְבִֽים׃ | u-le-yo-ge-VIM | H3009 | to tillיָגַב (ya.gav) (Qal) to till, be a husbandman |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.