2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 27:5

5Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them, and that year they gave him a hundred talents of silver,c ten thousand cors of wheat,d and ten thousand cors of barley.e They paid him the same in the second and third years.

Footnotes

  • c 27:5 100 talents is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver.
  • d 27:5 10,000 cors is approximately 62,400 bushels or 2.2 million liters (probably about 1,920 tons or 1,740 metric tons of wheat).
  • e 27:5 10,000 cors is approximately 62,400 bushels or 2.2 million liters (probably about 1,450 tons or 1,315 metric tons of barley).

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
waged warנִלְחַ֞םnil·ḥamVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularH3898 fight, do battle
againstעִם־‘im-PrepositionH5973 with
the kingמֶ֣לֶךְme·leḵNoun - masculine singular constructH4428 king
of the Ammonitesבְּנֵי־bə·nê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
and defeated themוַיֶּחֱזַ֣קway·ye·ḥĕ·zaqConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
and thatהַהִ֗יאha·hîArticle; Pronoun - third person feminine singularH1931 he, she
yearבַּשָּׁנָ֣הbaš·šā·nāhPreposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singularH8141 year
theyבְנֵֽי־ḇə·nê-Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
gaveוַיִּתְּנוּ־way·yit·tə·nū-Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH5414 give, put, set
himל֨וֹlōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
a hundredמֵאָה֙mê·’āhNumber - feminine singularH3967 hundred
talentsכִּכַּר־kik·kar-Noun - feminine singular constructH3603 a round
of silverכֶּ֔סֶףke·sep̄Noun - masculine singularH3701 silver, money
tenוַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶתwa·‘ă·śe·reṯConjunctive waw; Number - masculine singular constructH6235 ten
thousandאֲלָפִ֤ים’ă·lā·p̄îmNumber - masculine pluralH505 thousand
corsכֹּרִים֙kō·rîmNoun - masculine pluralH3734 kor
of wheatחִטִּ֔יםḥiṭ·ṭîmNoun - feminine pluralH2406 wheat
and tenעֲשֶׂ֣רֶת‘ă·śe·reṯNumber - masculine singular constructH6235 ten
thousandאֲלָפִ֑ים’ă·lā·p̄îmNumber - masculine pluralH505 thousand
of barleyוּשְׂעוֹרִ֖יםū·śə·‘ō·w·rîmConjunctive waw; Noun - feminine pluralH8184 barley
paidהֵשִׁ֤יבוּhê·šî·ḇūVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralH7725 turn back, return
himלוֹ֙lōwPreposition; third person masculine singular
the sameזֹ֗אתzōṯPronoun - feminine singularH2063 this
in the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֖יתhaš·šê·nîṯArticle; Number - ordinal feminine singular constructH8145 second
and thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯConjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singularH7992 third
yearsוּבַשָּׁנָ֥הū·ḇaš·šā·nāhConjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singularH8141 year

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.