2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 11:4
4that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’”
So they listened to the words of the LORD and turned back from going against Jeroboam.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| that this is what | כֹּ֣ה | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֡ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| You are not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to go up | תַעֲלוּ֩ | ṯa·‘ă·lū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| and fight | תִלָּ֨חֲמ֜וּ | ṯil·lā·ḥă·mū | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| your brothers | אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם | ’ă·ḥê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H251 brother |
| Each | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| of you must return | שׁ֚וּבוּ | šû·b̲û | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| home | לְבֵית֔וֹ | lə·ḇê·ṯōw | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H1004 house |
| for | כִּ֧י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| this | הַזֶּ֑ה | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| is | נִהְיָ֖ה | nih·yāh | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| My doing | מֵֽאִתִּ֛י | mê·’it·tî | Preposition-m; Direct object marker; first person common singular | H854 with |
| So they listened | וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ | way·yiš·mə·‘ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H8085 hear |
| to the words | דִּבְרֵ֣י | diḇ·rê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and turned back | וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ | way·yā·šu·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| from going | מִלֶּ֥כֶת | mil·le·ḵeṯ | Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1980 go, come, walk |
| against | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Jeroboam | יָרָבְעָֽם׃פ | yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3379 Jeroboam |
Cross-references
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Genesis 50:20 · 2 Chronicles 10:15–16 · 2 Chronicles 28:8–15 · 1 Kings 11:29–38 · 2 Chronicles 25:7–10
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.