2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 10:14

¹⁴and spoke to them as the young men had advised, saying, “Whereas my father made your yoke heavy,^a I will add to your yoke. Whereas my father scourged you with whips, I will scourge you with scorpions.”

Footnotes

a 10:14 LXX and many Hebrew manuscripts (see also 1 Kings 12:14|1KI 12:14); MT Whereas I made your yoke heavy

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and spoke	וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר	way·ḏab·bêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
to them	אֲלֵהֶ֗ם	’ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H413 motion to
as the young men	הַיְלָדִים֙	hay·lā·ḏîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
had advised	כַּעֲצַ֤ת	ka·‘ă·ṣaṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H6098 counsel, advice
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Whereas	עֻלְּכֶ֔ם	‘ul·lə·ḵem	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural	H5923 yoke
heavy	אַכְבִּיד֙	’aḵ·bîḏ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3513 be heavy, weighty, burdensome, honoured
I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
will add	אֹסִ֣יף	’ō·sîp̄	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3254 add
to	עָלָ֑יו	‘ā·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H5921 height
Whereas my father	אָבִ֗י	’ā·ḇî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1 father
scourged	יִסַּ֤ר	yis·sar	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
you	אֶתְכֶם֙	’eṯ·ḵem	Direct object marker; second person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
with whips	בַּשּׁוֹטִ֔ים	baš·šō·w·ṭîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7752 scourge, whip
I	וַאֲנִ֖י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
with scorpions	בָּעֲקְרַבִּֽים׃	bā·‘ăq·rab·bîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6137 scorpion

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.