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).
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| waged war | נִלְחַ֞ם | nil·ḥam | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H3898 fight, do battle |
| against | עִם־ | ‘im- | Preposition | H5973 with |
| the king | מֶ֣לֶךְ | me·leḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H4428 king |
| of the Ammonites | בְּנֵי־ | bə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| and defeated them | וַיֶּחֱזַ֣ק | way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen |
| and that | הַהִ֗יא | ha·hî | Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular | H1931 he, she |
| year | בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה | baš·šā·nāh | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
| they | בְנֵֽי־ | ḇə·nê- | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| gave | וַיִּתְּנוּ־ | way·yit·tə·nū- | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| him | ל֨וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| a hundred | מֵאָה֙ | mê·’āh | Number - feminine singular | H3967 hundred |
| talents | כִּכַּר־ | kik·kar- | Noun - feminine singular construct | H3603 a round |
| of silver | כֶּ֔סֶף | ke·sep̄ | Noun - masculine singular | H3701 silver, money |
| ten | וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת | wa·‘ă·śe·reṯ | Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine singular construct | H6235 ten |
| thousand | אֲלָפִ֤ים | ’ă·lā·p̄îm | Number - masculine plural | H505 thousand |
| cors | כֹּרִים֙ | kō·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H3734 kor |
| of wheat | חִטִּ֔ים | ḥiṭ·ṭîm | Noun - feminine plural | H2406 wheat |
| and ten | עֲשֶׂ֣רֶת | ‘ă·śe·reṯ | Number - masculine singular construct | H6235 ten |
| thousand | אֲלָפִ֑ים | ’ă·lā·p̄îm | Number - masculine plural | H505 thousand |
| of barley | וּשְׂעוֹרִ֖ים | ū·śə·‘ō·w·rîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural | H8184 barley |
| paid | הֵשִׁ֤יבוּ | hê·šî·ḇū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| him | לוֹ֙ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| the same | זֹ֗את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| in the second | הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית | haš·šê·nîṯ | Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | H8145 second |
| and third | וְהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁית׃ | wə·haš·šə·li·šîṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Number - ordinal feminine singular | H7992 third |
| years | וּבַשָּׁנָ֥ה | ū·ḇaš·šā·nāh | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H8141 year |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.