“Wherefore they spake” | וַיֹּֽאמְר֗וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | Wherefore spake |
“to the king” | לְמֶ֣לֶךְ | A king | king |
“of Assyria,” | אַשּׁוּר֮ | Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., Assyria), its region and its empire | Assyria |
“saying,” | לֵאמֹר֒ | To say (used with great latitude) | saying |
“The nations” | הַגּוֹיִ֗ם | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | nations |
“which” | אֲשֶׁ֤ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
“thou hast removed,” | הִגְלִ֙יתָ֙ | To denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal | removed |
“and placed” | וַתּ֙וֹשֶׁב֙ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | placed |
“in the cities” | בְּעָרֵ֣י | A city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | cities |
“of Samaria,” | שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן | Shomeron, a place in Palestine | Samaria |
“know” | יָֽדְע֔וּ | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | know |
“not” | לֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
“the manner” | מִשְׁפַּ֖ט | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | manner |
“of the God” | אֱלֹהֵ֣י | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
“of the land:” | הָאָ֑רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |
“therefore he hath sent” | וַיְשַׁלַּח | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | therefore sent |
“lions” | הָֽאֲרָי֗וֹת | A lion | lions |
“among them, and, behold,” | וְהִנָּם֙ | Lo! | among behold |
“they slay” | מְמִיתִ֣ים | To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill | slay |
“them, because” | כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | because |
“they know” | יֹֽדְעִ֔ים | To know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) | know |
“not” | אֵינָ֣ם | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | not |
“the manner” | מִשְׁפַּ֖ט | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | manner |
“of the God” | אֱלֹהֵ֥י | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
“of the land.” | הָאָֽרֶץ׃ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | land |