2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 17:2
2He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| He stationed | וַיִּ֨תֶּן־ | way·yit·ten- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| troops | חַ֔יִל | ḥa·yil | Noun - masculine singular | H2428 strength, efficiency, wealth, army |
| in every | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| fortified | הַבְּצֻר֑וֹת | hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ | Article; Adjective - feminine plural | H1219 cut off, make inaccessible |
| city | עָרֵ֥י | ‘ā·rê | Noun - feminine plural construct | H5892 excitement |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֖ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and put | וַיִּתֵּ֤ן | way·yit·tên | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| garrisons | נְצִיבִים֙ | nə·ṣî·ḇîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5333 pillar, prefect |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָ֔ה | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and in the cities | וּבְעָרֵ֣י | ū·ḇə·‘ā·rê | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct | H5892 excitement |
| of Ephraim | אֶפְרַ֔יִם | ’ep̄·ra·yim | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H669 Ephraim |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| his father | אָבִֽיו׃ | ’ā·ḇîw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H1 father |
| Asa | אָסָ֥א | ’ā·sā | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H609 Asa |
| had captured | לָכַ֖ד | lā·ḵaḏ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
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