2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 32:12
12Did not Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn sacrifices’?
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Did not | הֲלֹא־ | hă·lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| Hezekiah | יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ | yə·ḥiz·qî·yā·hū | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H2396 Chizkijah |
| himself | הוּא֙ | hū | Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| remove | הֵסִ֥יר | hê·sîr | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H5493 turn aside |
| His high places | בָּמֹתָ֖יו | bā·mō·ṯāw | Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1116 high place |
| and His altars | מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑יו | miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H4196 altar |
| and say | וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to Judah | לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה | lî·hū·ḏāh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
| and Jerusalem | וְלִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ | wə·lî·rū·šā·lim | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3389 Jerusalem |
| You must worship | תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ | tiš·ta·ḥă·wū | Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H7812 bow down |
| before | לִפְנֵ֨י | lip̄·nê | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct | H6440 face, before |
| one | אֶחָ֛ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| altar | מִזְבֵּ֧חַ | miz·bê·aḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H4196 altar |
| and on it | וְעָלָ֥יו | wə·‘ā·lāw | Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| you shall burn sacrifices | תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃ | taq·ṭî·rū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.