2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 9:11
11The king made the algum wood into stepse for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.)
Footnotes
- e 9:11 Or gateways
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The king | הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| made | וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | way·ya·‘aś | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| the algum | הָֽאַלְגּוּמִּ֜ים | hā·’al·gūm·mîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H418 sandal-wood |
| wood | עֲצֵ֨י | ‘ă·ṣê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H6086 tree, trees, wood |
| into steps | מְסִלּ֤וֹת | mə·sil·lō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H4546 highway |
| for the house | לְבֵית־ | lə·ḇêṯ- | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| and for the king’s | הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | ham·me·leḵ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4428 king |
| palace | וּלְבֵ֣ית | ū·lə·ḇêṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| and into lyres | וְכִנֹּר֥וֹת | wə·ḵin·nō·rō·wṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H3658 lyre |
| and harps | וּנְבָלִ֖ים | ū·nə·ḇā·lîm | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural | H5035 skin-bottle, skin |
| for the singers | לַשָּׁרִ֑ים | laš·šā·rîm | Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7891 sing |
| Never | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| before | לְפָנִ֖ים | lə·p̄ā·nîm | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| had anything like them | כָהֵ֛ם | ḵā·hêm | Preposition-k; Pronoun - third person masculine plural | |
| been seen | נִרְא֥וּ | nir·’ū | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural | H7200 see |
| in the land | בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | bə·’e·reṣ | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Judah | יְהוּדָֽה׃ | yə·hū·ḏāh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3063 Judah |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.