2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 3:5–7

⁵He paneled the main room with cypress,^g which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. ⁶He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. ⁷He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.

Footnotes

g 3:5 Or pine or juniper or fir

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2 Chronicles 3:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He paneled	חִפָּה֙	ḥip·pāh	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2645 cover
the main	הַגָּד֗וֹל	hag·gā·ḏō·wl	Article; Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
room	הַבַּ֣יִת	hab·ba·yiṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
with	עֵ֣ץ	‘êṣ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6086 tree, trees, wood
cypress	בְּרוֹשִׁ֔ים	bə·rō·wō·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1265 cypress or fir
which he overlaid	וַיְחַפֵּ֖הוּ	way·ḥap·pê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H2645 cover
with fine	ט֑וֹב	ṭō·wḇ	Adjective - masculine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
gold	זָהָ֣ב	zā·hāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
and decorated	וַיַּ֧עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
with palm trees	תִּמֹרִ֖ים	ti·mō·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8561 palm-like pilaster
and chains	וְשַׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת׃	wə·šar·šə·rō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural	H8333 chain

2 Chronicles 3:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He adorned	וַיְצַ֧ף	way·ṣap̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6823 lay out, lay over
the temple	הַבַּ֛יִת	hab·ba·yiṯ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1004 house
with precious	יְקָרָ֖ה	yə·qā·rāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H3368 precious, rare, splendid, weighty
stones	אֶ֥בֶן	’e·ḇen	Noun - feminine singular	H68 stone
for beauty	לְתִפְאָ֑רֶת	lə·ṯip̄·’ā·reṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H8597 beauty, glory
and its gold	וְהַזָּהָ֖ב	wə·haz·zā·hāḇ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
from Parvaim	פַּרְוָֽיִם׃	par·wā·yim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6516 Parvajim

2 Chronicles 3:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He overlaid	וַיְחַ֨ף	way·ḥap̄	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2645 cover
beams	הַקֹּר֧וֹת	haq·qō·rō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H6982 rafter, beam
thresholds	הַסִּפִּ֛ים	has·sip·pîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5592 basin, goblet
walls	וְקִֽירוֹתָ֥יו	wə·qî·rō·w·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H7023 wall
and doors	וְדַלְתוֹתָ֖יו	wə·ḏal·ṯō·w·ṯāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1817 door
with gold	זָהָ֑ב	zā·hāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
and he carved	וּפִתַּ֥ח	ū·p̄it·taḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H6605 open
cherubim	כְּרוּבִ֖ים	kə·rū·ḇîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3742 cherub
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the walls	הַקִּירֽוֹת׃ס	haq·qî·rō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H7023 wall

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