Hebrew Interlinear

2 Chronicles 20:18 Interlinear

bowed And Jehoshaphat his head with his face to the ground and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD worshipping the LORD

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקֹּ֧דH6915bowedto shrivel up, i.e., contract or bend the body (or neck) in deference
2יְהֽוֹשָׁפָ֛טH3092And Jehoshaphatjehoshaphat, the name of six israelites; also of a valley near jerusalem
3אַפַּ֖יִםH639his head with his faceproperly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
4אָ֑רְצָהH776to the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
5וְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
6יְהוּדָ֞הH3063and all Judahjehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
7וְיֹֽשְׁבֵ֣יH3427and the inhabitantsproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
8יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֗םH3389of Jerusalemjerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
9נָֽפְלוּ֙H5307fellto fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
10לִפְנֵ֣יH6440beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
11לַֽיהוָֽה׃H3068the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
12לְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֖תH7812worshippingto depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
13לַֽיהוָֽה׃H3068the LORD(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

Verse Context

2 Chronicles 20:17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle set yourselves stand...
2 Chronicles 20:18 (current)bowed And Jehoshaphat his head with his face to the ground and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD worshipping the LORD
2 Chronicles 20:19stood up And the Levites and of the children of the Kohathites ...

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