2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 32:1

¹After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
After	אַחֲרֵ֨י	’a·ḥă·rê	Preposition	H310 behind
all these	הָאֵ֔לֶּה	hā·’êl·leh	Article; Pronoun - common plural	H428 these
acts	הַדְּבָרִ֤ים	had·də·ḇā·rîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H1697 speech, word
of faithfulness	וְהָאֱמֶת֙	wə·hā·’ĕ·meṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H571 firmness, faithfulness, truth
Sennacherib	סַנְחֵרִ֣יב	san·ḥê·rîḇ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5576 Sennacherib
king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Assyria	אַשּׁ֑וּר	’aš·šūr	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H804 Asshur, Assyria
came	בָּ֖א	bā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
and invaded	וַיָּבֹ֣א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
Judah	בִֽיהוּדָ֗ה	ḇî·hū·ḏāh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
He laid siege	וַיִּ֙חַן֙	way·yi·ḥan	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
to	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the fortified	הַבְּצֻר֔וֹת	hab·bə·ṣu·rō·wṯ	Article; Adjective - feminine plural	H1219 cut off, make inaccessible
cities	הֶעָרִ֣ים	he·‘ā·rîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H5892 excitement
intending	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
to conquer them	לְבִקְעָ֥ם	lə·ḇiq·‘ām	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H1234 cleave, break open or through
for himself	אֵלָֽיו׃	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to

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