King James Version

2 Kings 3:5

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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וַיְהִ֖יvayhiand 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.כְּמ֣וֹתkemotas deadמָוֶתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as dead”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).אַחְאָ֑בachavAhabאַחְאָבnoun, proper name — “Ahab”H256Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at BabylonAhab.וַיִּפְשַׁ֥עvayifshaand offendפָּשַׁעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and offend”, the next action in the storyH6586to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarreloffend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).מֶֽלֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.מוֹאָ֖בmoavMoabמוֹאָבnoun, proper name — “Moab”H4124Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendantsMoab.בְּמֶ֥לֶךְbemelekhin kingמֶלֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Young’s Literal Translation

and it cometh to pass at the death of Ahab, that the king of Moab transgresseth against the king of Israel.

World English Bible

But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Douay-Rheims

And when Achab was dead, he broke the league which he had made with the king of Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And it came to pass, after the death of Achaab, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Ἀχαὰβ, καὶ ἠθέτησε βασιλεὺς Μωὰβ ἐν βασιλεῖ Ἰσραήλ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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