2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 25:15
15Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet, who said, “Why have you sought this people’s gods, which could not deliver them from your hand?”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therefore the anger | אַ֥ף | ’ap̄ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H639 nostril, nose, face, anger |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| burned | וַיִּֽחַר־ | way·yi·ḥar- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2734 burn, be kindled |
| against Amaziah | בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ | ba·’ă·maṣ·yā·hū | Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H558 Amatsjah |
| and He sent | וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | way·yiš·laḥ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7971 send |
| him | אֵלָיו֙ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
| a prophet | נָבִ֔יא | nā·ḇî | Noun - masculine singular | H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet |
| who said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why | לָ֤מָּה | lām·māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| have you sought | דָרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙ | ḏā·raš·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H1875 resort to, seek |
| this people’s | הָעָ֔ם | hā·‘ām | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5971 people |
| gods | אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ’ĕ·lō·hê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H430 God |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| could not | לֹא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| deliver | הִצִּ֥ילוּ | hiṣ·ṣî·lū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H5337 strip, plunder |
| from your hand | מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ | mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
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Psalm 96:5 · 2 Chronicles 25:11–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.