King James Version

2 Kings 11:3

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

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וַיְהִ֤יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אִתָּהּ֙itahamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.בֵּ֣יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יְהוָ֔הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).מִתְחַבֵּ֖אmitchabehideחָבָאverb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “hide”, a verb used as a describing wordH2244to secrete[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.שֵׁ֣שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.שָׁנִ֑יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַעֲתַלְיָ֖הvaatalyahand Athaliahעֲתַלְיָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Athaliah”H6271Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two IsraelitesAthaliah.מֹלֶ֥כֶתmolekhetreignמָלַךְverb, qal, participle, absolute — “reign”, a verb used as a describing wordH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

and he is with her, in the house of Jehovah, hiding himself, six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

World English Bible

He was with her hidden in Yahweh’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Darby Translation

And he was with her hid in the house of Jehovah six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

Douay-Rheims

And he was with her six years hid in the house of the Lord. And Athalia reigned over the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he remained with her hid in the house of the Lord six years: and Gotholia reigned over the land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῆς κρυβόμενος ἐν οἴκῳ Κυρίου ἓξ ἔτη· καὶ Γοθολία βασιλεύουσα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.