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2 Kings 16:5

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Masoretic Text 1524

H227 Then אז

H5927 came up יעלה

H7526 Rezin רצין

H4428 king מלך

H758 of Syria ארם

H6492 and Pekah ופקח

H1121 son בן

H7425 of Remaliah רמליהו

H4428 king מלך

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H3389 to Jerusalem ירושׁלם

H4421 to war למלחמה

H6696 and they besieged ויצרו

H5921 על

H271 Ahaz אחז

H3808 not ולא

H3201 but could יכלו

H3898 overcome להלחם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H227 Then

H7526 Rezin

H4428 king

H758 Syria

and

H6492 Pekah

H1121 son

H7425 Remaliah

H4428 king

H3478 Israel

came

H5927 up

H3389 Jerusalem

H4421 war

and

they

H6696 besieged

H271 Ahaz

but

H3201 could

H3808 not

H3898 overcome

him

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3898

Hebrew: לָחַם

Transliteration: lâcham

Pronunciation: law-kham'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {devour} {eat} X-(idiom) {ever} fight ({-ing}) {overcome} {prevail} (make) war (-ring).

Definition:

to feed on; figuratively to consume; by implication to battle (as destruction)

1. to fight, do battle, make war

a. (Qal) to fight, do battle

b. (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war

2. (Qal) to eat, use as food

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906