2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 12:7
7When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| saw | וּבִרְא֤וֹת | ū·ḇir·’ō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H7200 see |
| that | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| they had humbled themselves | נִכְנָ֔עוּ | niḵ·nā·‘ū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3665 be humble |
| the word | דְבַר־ | ḏə·ḇar- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| came | הָיָה֩ | hā·yāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Shemaiah | שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀ | šə·ma‘·yāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8098 Shemajah |
| saying | לֵאמֹ֛ר | lê·mōr | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H559 utter, say |
| They have humbled themselves | נִכְנְע֖וּ | niḵ·nə·‘ū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3665 be humble |
| I will not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| destroy them | אַשְׁחִיתֵ֑ם | ’aš·ḥî·ṯêm | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H7843 go to ruin (?) |
| but will soon grant | וְנָתַתִּ֨י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| them | לָהֶ֤ם | lā·hem | Preposition-l; Pronoun - third person masculine plural | |
| deliverance | לִפְלֵיטָ֔ה | lip̄·lê·ṭāh | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular | H6413 escape |
| My wrath | חֲמָתִ֛י | ḥă·mā·ṯî | Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H2534 heat, rage |
| will not | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be poured out | תִתַּ֧ךְ | ṯit·taḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H5413 pour forth |
| on Jerusalem | בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | bî·rū·šā·lim | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| through | בְּיַד־ | bə·yaḏ- | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3027 hand |
| Shishak | שִׁישָֽׁק׃ | šî·šāq | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H7895 Shishak |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.