2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 7:21
21And when this temple has become a heap of rubble,b all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
Footnotes
- b 7:21 Some LXX manuscripts, Syriac, and Arabic; Hebrew And though this temple is now exalted; see also 1 Kings 9:8|1KI 9:8.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And | הַזֶּה֙ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| temple | וְהַבַּ֤יִת | wə·hab·ba·yiṯ | Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| has become | הָיָ֣ה | hā·yāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| a heap of rubble | עֶלְי֔וֹן | ‘el·yō·wn | Adjective - masculine singular | H5945 high |
| all | לְכָל־ | lə·ḵāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| who pass | עֹבֵ֥ר | ‘ō·ḇêr | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on |
| by it | עָלָ֖יו | ‘ā·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H5921 height |
| will be appalled | יִשֹּׁ֑ם | yiš·šōm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H8074 be desoleted, appalled |
| and say | וְאָמַ֗ר | wə·’ā·mar | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Why | בַּמֶּ֨ה | bam·meh | Preposition-b; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| has the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| done | עָשָׂ֤ה | ‘ā·śāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| such a thing | כָּ֔כָה | kā·ḵāh | Adverb | H3602 thus |
| to this | הַזֹּ֖את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | לָאָ֥רֶץ | lā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| and to this | הַזֶּֽה׃ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| temple | וְלַבַּ֥יִת | wə·lab·ba·yiṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 22:8–9 · Jeremiah 19:8 · Jeremiah 16:10–12
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.