2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 20:23
23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction.e And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Footnotes
- e 20:23 Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ammonites | בְּנֵ֨י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| and Moabites | וּמוֹאָ֛ב | ū·mō·w·’āḇ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H4124 Moab |
| rose up | וַ֠יַּֽעַמְדוּ | way·ya·‘am·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5975 take one's stand, stand |
| against | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| the inhabitants | יֹשְׁבֵ֥י | yō·šə·ḇê | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| of Mount | הַר־ | har- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country |
| Seir | שֵׂעִ֖יר | śê·‘îr | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H8165 Se`îr |
| devoting them | לְהַחֲרִ֣ים | lə·ha·ḥă·rîm | Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H2763 ban, devote, exterminate |
| to destruction | וּלְהַשְׁמִ֑יד | ū·lə·haš·mîḏ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | H8045 be exterminated, destroyed |
| And when they had finished off | וּכְכַלּוֹתָם֙ | ū·ḵə·ḵal·lō·w·ṯām | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| the inhabitants | בְּיוֹשְׁבֵ֣י | bə·yō·wō·šə·ḇê | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | H3427 sit, remain, dwell |
| of Seir | שֵׂעִ֔יר | śê·‘îr | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H8165 Se`îr |
| they helped | עָזְר֥וּ | ‘ā·zə·rū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H5826 help, succour |
| to destroy | לְמַשְׁחִֽית׃ | lə·maš·ḥîṯ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H4889 ruin, destruction |
| one | אִישׁ־ | ’îš- | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| another | בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ | bə·rê·‘ê·hū | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H7453 shouting, roar |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Judges 7:22 · 1 Samuel 14:20 · Ezekiel 35:2–3 · Joshua 24:4 · Genesis 36:8–9
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.