Hebrew Interlinear

2 Chronicles 26:10 Interlinear

Also he built towers in the desert and digged wells for he had much cattle for he had much both in the low country and in the plains husbandmen also and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel for he loved husbandry

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּ֨בֶןH1129Also he builtto build (literally and figuratively)
2מִגְדָּלִ֜יםH4026towersa tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
3בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רH4057in the deserta pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
4וַיַּחְצֹב֙H2672and diggedto cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
5בֹּר֣וֹתH953wellsa pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
6רַּב֙H7227for he had muchabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
7כִּ֤יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
8מִקְנֶהH4735cattlesomething bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition
9רַּב֙H7227for he had muchabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
10הָ֣יָהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
11ל֔וֹH0
12וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הH8219both in the low countrylowland, i.e., (with the article) the maritime slope of palestine
13וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרH4334and in the plainsa level, i.e., a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a proper name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e., (
14אִכָּרִ֣יםH406husbandmena farmer
15וְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםH3755also and vine dressersa vinedresser
16בֶּֽהָרִים֙H2022in the mountainsa mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
17וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לH3760and in Carmelkarmel, the name of a hill and of a town in palestine
18כִּֽיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
19אֹהֵ֥בH157for he lovedto have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
20אֲדָמָ֖הH127husbandrysoil (from its general redness)
21הָיָֽה׃H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Verse Context

2 Chronicles 26:9built Moreover Uzziah towers in Jerusalem gate...
2 Chronicles 26:10 (current)Also he built towers in the desert and digged wells for he had much cattle for he had much both in the low country and in the plains husbandmen also and vine dressers in the mountains and in Carmel for he loved husbandry
2 Chronicles 26:11 Moreover Uzziah had an host men of fighting that went out...

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