2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 1:16–17

¹⁶Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue;^g the royal merchants purchased them from Kue. ¹⁷A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver,^h and a horse for a hundred and fifty.ⁱ Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

Footnotes

g 1:16 Probably an area in Cilicia, a province in the southeast of Asia Minor
h 1:17 600 shekels is approximately 15.1 pounds or 6.8 kilograms of silver.
i 1:17 150 shekels is approximately 3.8 pounds or 1.7 kilograms of silver.

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2 Chronicles 1:16

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Solomon’s	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
horses	הַסּוּסִ֛ים	has·sū·sîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5483 swallow or swift
were imported	וּמוֹצָ֧א	ū·mō·w·ṣā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4161 place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring
from Egypt	מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם	mim·miṣ·rā·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
and Kue	וּמִקְוֵ֕א	ū·miq·wê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4723 hope
the royal	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
merchants	סֹחֲרֵ֣י	sō·ḥă·rê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H5503 travel round, palpitate
purchased them	יִקְח֖וּ	yiq·ḥū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3947 take
from Kue	מִקְוֵ֥א	miq·wê	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4723 hope

2 Chronicles 1:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A chariot	מֶרְכָּבָה֙	mer·kā·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4818 chariot
could be imported	וַֽ֠יַּעֲלוּ	way·ya·‘ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
from Egypt	מִמִּצְרַ֤יִם	mim·miṣ·ra·yim	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4714 Egypt, Egyptians
for six	בְּשֵׁ֣שׁ	bə·šêš	Preposition-b; Number - feminine singular construct	H8337 six
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
of silver	כֶּ֔סֶף	ke·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
and a horse	וְס֖וּס	wə·sūs	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5483 swallow or swift
for a hundred	וּמֵאָ֑ה	ū·mê·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine singular	H3967 hundred
and fifty	בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים	ba·ḥă·miš·šîm	Preposition-b, Article; Number - common plural	H2572 fifty
Likewise	וְ֠כֵן	wə·ḵên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
exported them	יוֹצִֽיאוּ׃	yō·w·ṣî·’ū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3318 go or come out
to all	לְכָל־	lə·ḵāl	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the kings	מַלְכֵ֧י	mal·ḵê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of the Hittites	הַֽחִתִּ֛ים	ha·ḥit·tîm	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2850 Hittite(s)
and to the kings	וּמַלְכֵ֥י	ū·mal·ḵê	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4428 king
of Aram	אֲרָ֖ם	’ă·rām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.