2 Kings

2 Kings 23:2

²And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets— all the people small and great— and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
went up	וַיַּ֣עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to the house	בֵּית־	bêṯ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָ֡ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
with all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the people	יֹשְׁבֵ֨י	yō·šə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
of Judah	יְהוּדָה֩	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
as well as	אִתּ֗וֹ	’it·tōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with
the priests	וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙	wə·hak·kō·hă·nîm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3548 priest
and the prophets	וְהַנְּבִיאִ֔ים	wə·han·nə·ḇî·’îm	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5030 spokesman, speaker, prophet
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the people	הָעָ֖ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
small	לְמִקָּטֹ֣ן	lə·miq·qā·ṭōn	Preposition-l, Preposition-m; Adjective - masculine singular	H6996 small, young, unimportant
and	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
great	גָּד֑וֹל	gā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
and in their hearing	בְאָזְנֵיהֶ֗ם	ḇə·’ā·zə·nê·hem	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine plural	H241 ear
he read	וַיִּקְרָ֣א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the words	דִּבְרֵי֙	diḇ·rê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1697 speech, word
of the Book	סֵ֣פֶר	sê·p̄er	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5612 missive, document, writing, book
of the Covenant	הַבְּרִ֔ית	hab·bə·rîṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H1285 covenant
that had been found	הַנִּמְצָ֖א	han·nim·ṣā	Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H4672 attain to, find
in the house	בְּבֵ֥ית	bə·ḇêṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1004 house
of the LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

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2 Kings 22:8 · Deuteronomy 31:10–13 · Revelation 20:12

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