The Meaning of Isaiah 37:13 Explained

Isaiah 37:13

KJV: Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

YLT: Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'

Darby: Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

ASV: Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Where [is] the king  of Hamath,  and the king  of Arphad,  and the king  of the city  of Sepharvaim,  Hena,  and Ivah? 

What does Isaiah 37:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 37

1  Hezekiah mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them
6  Isaiah comforts them
8  Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah
14  Hezekiah's prayer
21  Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion
36  An angel slays the Assyrians
37  Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons

What do the individual words in Isaiah 37:13 mean?

where [is] the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah
אַיֵּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־ חֲמָת֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַרְפָּ֔ד וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע ؟ וְעִוָּֽה

אַיֵּ֤ה  where  [is] 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: אַיֵּה  
Sense: where?.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  the  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
חֲמָת֙  of  Hamath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲמָת 
Sense: the principle city of upper Syria in the valley of the Orontes.
וּמֶ֣לֶךְ  and  the  king 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
אַרְפָּ֔ד  of  Arpad 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אַרְפָּד  
Sense: a city in northern Syria cited as an example of the Assyrian conquest.
וּמֶ֖לֶךְ  and  the  king 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
לָעִ֣יר  of  the  city 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
סְפַרְוָ֑יִם  of  Sepharvaim 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: סְפַרְוַיִם  
Sense: a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria.
הֵנַ֖ע  Hena 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: הֵנַע  
Sense: a city in Mesopotamia which the Assyrian kings reduced shortly before the time of Sennacherib; site unknown.
؟ וְעִוָּֽה  and  Ivah 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַוָּא 
Sense: a city conquered by the Assyrians.