2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 26:15

¹⁵And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot^f arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.

Footnotes

f 26:15 Or to protect those who shoot

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
he made	וַיַּ֣עַשׂ׀	way·ya·‘aś	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
skillfully	חוֹשֵׁ֗ב	ḥō·wō·šêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2803 think, account
designed	מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת	ma·ḥă·še·ḇeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4284 thought, device
devices	חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת	ḥiš·šə·ḇō·nō·wṯ	Noun - masculine plural construct	H2810 device, invention
to shoot	לִירוֹא֙	lî·rō·w	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3384 throw, shoot
arrows	בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים	ba·ḥiṣ·ṣîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2671 arrow
and catapult large	גְּדֹל֑וֹת	gə·ḏō·lō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H1419 great
stones	וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים	ū·ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H68 stone
the towers	הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙	ham·miḡ·dā·lîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H4026 tower
and	וְעַל־	wə·‘al-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5921 height
corners	הַפִּנּ֔וֹת	hap·pin·nō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H6438 corner
So his fame	שְׁמוֹ֙	šə·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
spread	וַיֵּצֵ֤א	way·yê·ṣê	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3318 go or come out
far	לְמֵ֣רָח֔וֹק	lə·mê·rā·ḥō·wq	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H7350 distant, far
for	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he was helped	לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר	lə·hê·‘ā·zêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H5826 help, succour
tremendously	הִפְלִ֥יא	hip̄·lî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6381 be surpassing, extraordinary
until	עַ֥ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
he became powerful	חָזָֽק׃	ḥā·zāq	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen

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