King James Version

2 Kings 25:2

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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וַתָּבֹ֥אvatavoand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…הָעִ֖ירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.בַּמָּצ֑וֹרbamatsorin siegeמָצוֹרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in siege”, the ordinary formH4692something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastnessbesieged, bulwark, defence, fenced, fortress, siege, strong (hold), tower.עַ֚דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.עַשְׁתֵּ֣יashteeleven or (ordinal) eleventhעַשְׁתֵּיadjective, ordinal, both genders, plural, construct — “eleven or (ordinal) eleventh”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6249eleven or (ordinal) eleventh[phrase] eleven(-th).עֶשְׂרֵ֣הesrehteenעָשָׂרadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “teen”, the ordinary formH6240ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), [phrase] eleven(-th), [phrase] sixscore thousand, [phrase] twelve(-th).שָׁנָ֔הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).לַמֶּ֖לֶךְlamelekhto kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.צִדְקִיָּֽהוּtsidqiyahvZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Zedekiah”H6667Tsidkijah, the name of six IsraelitesZedekiah, Zidkijah.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,

World English Bible

So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Darby Translation

And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Douay-Rheims

And the city was shut up and besieged till the eleventh year of king Sedecias,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedekias on the ninth day of the month.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦλθεν ἡ πόλις ἐν περιοχῇ ἕως τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου ἔτους τοῦ βασιλέως Σεδεκίου ἐννάτῃ τοῦ μηνός.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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