2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 30:2–4

²For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month,^a ³since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem.

⁴This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.

Footnotes

a 30:2 See Numbers 9:9–12|NUM 9:9-12.

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2 Chronicles 30:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For the king	הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
and his officials	וְשָׂרָ֛יו	wə·śā·rāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H8269 chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince
and the whole	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
assembly	הַקָּהָ֖ל	haq·qā·hāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation
in Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
had decided	וַיִּוָּעַ֨ץ	way·yiw·wā·‘aṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3289 advise, counsel
to keep	לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
the Passover	הַפֶּ֖סַח	hap·pe·saḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6453 passover
in the second	הַשֵּׁנִֽי׃	haš·šê·nî	Article; Number - ordinal masculine singular	H8145 second
month	בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ	ba·ḥō·ḏeš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2320 (newness), new moon, month

2 Chronicles 30:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
since	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they had been unable	לֹ֧א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
to keep it	לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹ	la·‘ă·śō·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
at the regular	הַהִ֑יא	ha·hî	Article; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
time	בָּעֵ֣ת	bā·‘êṯ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H6256 time
because not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
enough	לְמַדַּ֔י	lə·mad·day	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H4100 what? how? aught
priests	הַכֹּהֲנִים֙	hak·kō·hă·nîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
had consecrated themselves	הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ	hiṯ·qad·də·šū	Verb - Hitpael - Perfect - third person common plural	H6942 be set apart, consecrated
and the people	וְהָעָ֖ם	wə·hā·‘ām	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
had not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
been gathered	נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ	ne·’es·p̄ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H622 gather, remove
in Jerusalem	לִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	lî·rū·šā·lim	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem

2 Chronicles 30:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
This plan	הַדָּבָ֖ר	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word
pleased	וַיִּישַׁ֥ר	way·yî·šar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3474 be smooth, straight, right
the king	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
and	וּבְעֵינֵ֖י	ū·ḇə·‘ê·nê	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - cdc	H5869 eye
the whole	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
assembly	הַקָּהָֽל׃	haq·qā·hāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6951 assembly, convocation, congregation

Cross-references

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2 Chronicles 30:2 Numbers 9:10–11

2 Chronicles 30:3 2 Chronicles 29:34 · Exodus 12:18 · Exodus 12:6

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