Hebrew Interlinear
2 Chronicles 2:18 Interlinear
“And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain and three thousand and six hundred overseers a work the people”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיַּ֨עַשׂ | H6213 | And he set | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 2 | מֵהֶ֜ם | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 3 | שִׁבְעִ֥ים | H7657 | threescore and ten | seventy |
| 4 | אֲלָפִים֙ | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 5 | סַבָּ֔ל | H5449 | of them to be bearers of burdens | a porter |
| 6 | וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים | H8084 | and fourscore | eighty, also eightieth |
| 7 | אֲלָפִים֙ | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 8 | חֹצֵ֣ב | H2672 | to be hewers | to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave |
| 9 | בָּהָ֑ר | H2022 | in the mountain | a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
| 10 | וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת | H7969 | and three | three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice |
| 11 | אֲלָפִים֙ | H505 | thousand | hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand |
| 12 | וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | H8337 | and six | six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ordinal, sixth |
| 13 | מֵא֔וֹת | H3967 | hundred | a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction |
| 14 | מְנַצְּחִ֖ים | H5329 | overseers | properly, to glitter from afar, i.e., to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the temple services and its music); to be permanent |
| 15 | לְהַֽעֲבִ֥יד | H5647 | a work | to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc |
| 16 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 17 | הָעָֽם׃ | H5971 | the people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
Verse Context
2 Chronicles 2:17had numbered And Solomon ...
2 Chronicles 2:18 (current)And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain and three thousand and six hundred overseers a work the people