2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 2:11

¹¹Then Hiram king of Tyre wrote a letter in reply to Solomon:

“Because the LORD loves His people, He has set you over them as king.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Hiram	חוּרָ֤ם	ḥū·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2361 Hiram
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Tyre	צֹר֙	ṣōr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6865 Tyre
wrote a letter	בִּכְתָ֔ב	biḵ·ṯāḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3791 writing
in reply	וַיִּשְׁלַ֖ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Solomon	שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה	šə·lō·mōh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8010 Solomon
Because the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
loves	בְּאַהֲבַ֤ת	bə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H160 love
His people	עַמּ֔וֹ	‘am·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
He has set you	נְתָנְךָ֥	nə·ṯā·nə·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
over them	עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
as king	מֶֽלֶךְ׃	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.