2 Kings 6:25 Hebrew Word Analysis
| 0 | | וַיְהִ֨י | h1961 |
| 1 | famine | רָעָ֤ב | h7458 |
| 2 | And there was a great | גָּדוֹל֙ | h1419 |
| 3 | in Samaria | בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן | h8111 |
| 4 | | וְהִנֵּ֖ה | h2009 |
| 5 | and behold they besieged | צָרִ֣ים | h6696 |
| 6 | | עָלֶ֑יהָ | h5921 |
| 7 | | עַ֣ד | h5704 |
| 8 | | הֱי֤וֹת | h1961 |
| 9 | head | רֹאשׁ | h7218 |
| 10 | it until an ass's | חֲמוֹר֙ | h2543 |
| 11 | was sold for fourscore | בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים | h8084 |
| 17 | pieces of silver | כָֽסֶף׃ | h3701 |
| 13 | and the fourth part | וְרֹ֛בַע | h7255 |
| 14 | of a cab | הַקַּ֥ב | h6894 |
| 15 | | חִרייוֹנִ֖ים | h2755 |
| 16 | for five | בַּֽחֲמִשָּׁה | h2568 |
| 17 | pieces of silver | כָֽסֶף׃ | h3701 |
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore `pieces' of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five `pieces' of silver.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
World English Bible (WEB)
There was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.