2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 30:8
8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | עַתָּ֕ה | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| stiffen | תַּקְשׁ֥וּ | taq·šū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7185 be hard, severe, fierce |
| your necks | עָרְפְּכֶ֖ם | ‘ā·rə·pə·ḵem | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H6203 back of neck, neck |
| as your fathers | כַּאֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם | ka·’ă·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1 father |
| Submit | תְּנוּ־ | tə·nū- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| to the LORD | לַיהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and come | וּבֹ֤אוּ | ū·ḇō·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to His sanctuary | לְמִקְדָּשׁוֹ֙ | lə·miq·dā·šōw | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H4720 sacred place, sanctuary |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| He has consecrated | הִקְדִּ֣ישׁ | hiq·dîš | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6942 be set apart, consecrated |
| forever | לְעוֹלָ֔ם | lə·‘ō·w·lām | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity |
| Serve | וְעִבְדוּ֙ | wə·‘iḇ·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
| so that His fierce anger | חֲר֥וֹן | ḥă·rō·wn | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2740 (burning of) anger |
| will turn away | וְיָשֹׁ֥ב | wə·yā·šōḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular | H7725 turn back, return |
| from you | מִכֶּ֖ם | mik·kem | Preposition; second person masculine plural |
Cross-references
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Exodus 32:9 · 2 Chronicles 29:10 · Deuteronomy 10:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.