2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 10:16
16When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answeredb the king:
“What portion do we have in David,
and what inheritance in the son of Jesse?
To your tents, O Israel!
Look now to your own house, O David!”
So all the Israelites went home,
Footnotes
- b 10:16 Syriac, Vulgate, and many Hebrew manuscripts; MT And all Israel, since the king had refused to listen to them, answered.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When all | וְכָל־ | wə·ḵāl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| that | כִּ֠י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the king | הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| had refused | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to listen | שָׁמַ֣ע | šā·ma‘ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H8085 hear |
| to them | הָעָ֣ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| they answered | וַיָּשִׁ֣יבוּ | way·yā·šî·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| the king | הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ׀ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| What | מַה־ | mah- | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| portion | חֵ֨לֶק | ḥê·leq | Noun - masculine singular | H2506 portion, tract, territory |
| do we have | לָּנוּ֩ | lā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | |
| in David | בְּדָוִ֜יד | bə·ḏā·wîḏ | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| and what | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| inheritance | נַחֲלָ֣ה | na·ḥă·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H5159 possession, property, inheritance |
| in the son | בְּבֶן־ | bə·ḇen- | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1121 son |
| of Jesse | יִשַׁ֗י | yi·šay | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3448 Jishai |
| To your tents | לְאֹהָלֶ֙יךָ֙ | lə·’ō·hā·le·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H168 tent |
| O Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| Look | רְאֵ֥ה | rə·’êh | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| now | בֵיתְךָ֖ | ḇê·ṯə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| to your own house | עַתָּ֕ה | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| O David | דָּוִ֑יד | dā·wîḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| So all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the Israelites | יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| went | וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | way·yê·leḵ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| home | לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ס | lə·’ō·hā·lāw | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H168 tent |
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