2 Kings 19:26
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
חָצִיר
grass of
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חָצִיר
Grass, vegetation. Chatsir. The grass withers and the flower fades but the word of our God stands forever. Only God's word endures.
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חָתַת
they were dismayed
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חָתַת
properly, to prostrate; hence, to break down, either (literally) by violence, or (figuratively) by confusion and fear
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יָד
hand
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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קָצֵר
were short of
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קָצֵר
short (whether in size, number, life, strength or temper)
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קָמָה
standing grain
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קָמָה
something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
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גָּג
roofs
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גָּג
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
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עֶשֶׂב
the vegetation of
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עֶשֶׂב
grass (or any tender shoot)
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דֶּשֶׁא
grass
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דֶּשֶׁא
a sprout; by analogy, grass
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שָׂדֶה
the field
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שָׂדֶה
a field (as flat)
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