2 Kings 6:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

Young's Literal Translation
and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

King James Bible
And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was [sold] for fourscore [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.

Hebrew
So there was
וַיְהִ֨י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a great
גָּדוֹל֙ (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

famine
רָעָ֤ב (rā·‘āḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

in Samaria.
בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן (bə·šō·mə·rō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8111: Samaria -- capital of northern kingdom of Israel

Indeed,
וְהִנֵּ֖ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

they besieged
צָרִ֣ים (ṣā·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6696: To confine, bind, besiege

[the city]
עָלֶ֑יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

so long that
עַ֣ד (‘aḏ)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

a donkey’s
חֲמוֹר֙ (ḥă·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2543: A male ass

head
רֹאשׁ־ (rōš-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7218: The head

sold
הֱי֤וֹת (hĕ·yō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

for eighty [shekels]
בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים (biš·mō·nîm)
Preposition-b | Number - common plural
Strong's 8084: Eighty, eightieth

of silver,
כֶּ֔סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and a quarter
וְרֹ֛בַע (wə·rō·ḇa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7255: Fourth part

cab
הַקַּ֥ב (haq·qaḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6894: A hollow, vessel, a, measure

of dove’s dung
דִּבְיוֹנִ֖ים‪‬ (diḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2755: Excrements of doves, a vegetable

sold for five [shekels]
בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־ (ba·ḥă·miš·šāh-)
Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

of silver.
כָֽסֶף׃ (ḵā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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