2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 25:16

¹⁶While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
While he was still speaking	בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ	bə·ḏab·bə·rōw	Preposition-b; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
the king asked	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Have we made you	נְתַנּ֔וּךָ	nə·ṯan·nū·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural; second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
the counselor	הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ	hal·yō·w·‘êṣ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H3289 advise, counsel
to the king	לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Stop	חֲדַל־	ḥă·ḏal-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2308 cease
Why	לָ֣מָּה	lām·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
be struck down	יַכּ֑וּךָ	yak·kū·ḵā	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular	H5221 smite
So the prophet	הַנָּבִ֗יא	han·nā·ḇî	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
stopped	וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל	way·yeḥ·dal	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2308 cease
but he said	וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
I know	יָדַ֗עְתִּי	yā·ḏa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3045 know
that	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
God	אֱלֹהִים֙	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
has determined	יָעַ֤ץ	yā·‘aṣ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3289 advise, counsel
to destroy you	לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ	lə·haš·ḥî·ṯe·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H7843 go to ruin (?)
because	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you have done	עָשִׂ֣יתָ	‘ā·śî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
this	זֹּ֔את	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
and have not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
heeded	שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ	šā·ma‘·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H8085 hear
my advice	לַעֲצָתִֽי׃פ	la·‘ă·ṣā·ṯî	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6098 counsel, advice

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.