Hebrew Interlinear

2 Chronicles 32:4 Interlinear

So there was gathered people much who stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the midst of the land saying come Why should the kings of Assyria and find water much

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּקָּֽבְצ֣וּH6908So there was gatheredto grasp, i.e., collect
2עַםH5971peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
3רַבִּֽים׃H7227muchabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
4וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙H5640who stoppedto stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret
5אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
6כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
7הַמַּעְיָנ֔וֹתH4599all the fountainsa fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
8וְאֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
9הַנַּ֛חַלH5158and the brooka stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
10הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ףH7857that ranto gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
11בְּתוֹךְH8432through the midsta bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
12הָאָ֖רֶץH776of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
13לֵאמֹ֑רH559sayingto say (used with great latitude)
14לָ֤מָּהH4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
15יָב֙וֹאוּ֙H935cometo go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
16מַלְכֵ֣יH4428Why should the kingsa king
17אַשּׁ֔וּרH804of Assyriaashshur, the second son of shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e., assyria), its region and its empire
18וּמָֽצְא֖וּH4672and findproperly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
19מַ֥יִםH4325waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
20רַבִּֽים׃H7227muchabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

Verse Context

2 Chronicles 32:3He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop ...
2 Chronicles 32:4 (current)So there was gathered people much who stopped all the fountains and the brook that ran through the midst of the land saying come Why should the kings of Assyria and find water much
2 Chronicles 32:5Also he strengthened himself and built up all the wall that was broken...

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