2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 9:21

²¹For the king had the ships of Tarshishⁱ that went with Hiram’s^j servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.^k

Footnotes

i 9:21 Or a fleet of trading ships; twice in this verse
j 9:21 Hebrew Huram’s, a variant of Hiram’s
k 9:21 Or baboons

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the king had	לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
the ships	אֳנִיּ֤וֹת	’o·nî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H591 a ship
of Tarshish	תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ	tar·šîš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8659 Tarshish
that went	הֹלְכ֣וֹת	hō·lə·ḵō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
with	עִ֖ם	‘im	Preposition	H5973 with
Hiram’s	חוּרָ֑ם	ḥū·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H2361 Hiram
servants	עַבְדֵ֣י	‘aḇ·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5650 slave, servant
and once	אַחַת֩	’a·ḥaṯ	Number - feminine singular	H259 one
every three	לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ	lə·šā·lō·wōš	Preposition-l; Number - feminine singular	H7969 a three, triad
years	שָׁנִ֜ים	šā·nîm	Noun - feminine plural	H8141 year
the ships	אֳנִיּ֣וֹת	’o·nî·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H591 a ship
of Tarshish	תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ	tar·šîš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8659 Tarshish
would arrive	תָּב֣וֹאנָה׀	tā·ḇō·w·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
bearing	נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙	nō·śə·’ō·wṯ	Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural	H5375 lift, take, carry
gold	זָהָ֣ב	zā·hāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2091 gold
silver	וָכֶ֔סֶף	wā·ḵe·sep̄	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money
ivory	שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים	šen·hab·bîm	Noun - masculine plural	H8143 ivory
apes	וְקוֹפִ֖ים	wə·qō·w·p̄îm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H6971 ape
and peacocks	וְתוּכִּיִּֽים׃פ	wə·ṯū·kî·yîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural	H8500 imported creature, peacock

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.