And there was a great
gadowl (gaw-dole')
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
famine
ra`ab (raw-awb')
hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
in Samaria
Shomrown (sho-mer-one')
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine -- Samaria.
and behold they besieged
tsuwr (tsoor)
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
it until an ass's
chamowr (kham-ore')
a male ass (from its dun red) -- (he)ass.
head
ro'sh (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
was sold for fourscore
shmoniym (shem-o-neem')
eighty, also eightieth -- eighty(-ieth), fourscore.
pieces of silver
keceph (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
and the fourth part
roba` (ro'-bah)
a quarter -- fourth participle
of a cab
qab (kab)
a hollow, i.e. vessel used as a (dry) measure -- cab.
of dove's dung
dibyown (dib-yone')
both (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root -- dove's dung.
yownah (yo-naw')
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) -- dove, pigeon.
charey-yowniym (khar-ay'-yo-neem')
excrements of doves {or perhaps rather the plural of a single word charapyown {khar-aw-yone'}; of similar or uncertain derivation, probably a kind of vegetable -- doves' dung.
for five
chamesh (khaw-maysh')
five -- fif(-teen), fifth, five (apiece).
pieces of silver
keceph (keh'-sef)
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money -- money, price, silver(-ling).
