Hebrew Interlinear
2 Chronicles 34:3 Interlinear
“For in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet young he began to seek after the God of David his father and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the groves and the carved images and the molten images”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וּבִשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה | H8083 | For in the eighth | a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth |
| 2 | שָׁנָ֗ה | H8141 | year | a year (as a revolution of time) |
| 3 | לְמָלְכ֗וֹ | H4427 | of his reign | to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel |
| 4 | וְהוּא֙ | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 5 | עוֹדֶ֣נּוּ | H5750 | properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more | |
| 6 | נַ֔עַר | H5288 | while he was yet young | (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit |
| 7 | הֵחֵל֙ | H2490 | he began | properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin |
| 8 | לִדְר֕וֹשׁ | H1875 | to seek | properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship |
| 9 | לֵֽאלֹהֵ֖י | H430 | after the God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 10 | דָּוִ֣יד | H1732 | of David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 11 | אָבִ֑יו | H1 | his father | father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application |
| 12 | וּבִשְׁתֵּ֧ים | H8147 | and in the twelfth | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 13 | עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה | H6240 | ten (only in combination), i.e., -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth | |
| 14 | שָׁנָ֗ה | H8141 | year | a year (as a revolution of time) |
| 15 | הֵחֵל֙ | H2490 | he began | properly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin |
| 16 | לְטַהֵ֔ר | H2891 | to purge | to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy) |
| 17 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 18 | יְהוּדָה֙ | H3063 | Judah | jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory |
| 19 | וִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם | H3389 | and Jerusalem | jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine |
| 20 | מִן | H4480 | properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | |
| 21 | הַבָּמוֹת֙ | H1116 | from the high places | an elevation |
| 22 | וְהָ֣אֲשֵׁרִ֔ים | H842 | and the groves | asherah (or astarte) a phoenician goddess; also an image of the same |
| 23 | וְהַפְּסִלִ֖ים | H6456 | and the carved images | an idol |
| 24 | וְהַמַּסֵּכֽוֹת׃ | H4541 | and the molten images | properly, a pouring over, i.e., fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e., league; concretely a coverlet (as if pour |
Verse Context
2 Chronicles 34:2And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD in the ways...
2 Chronicles 34:3 (current)For in the eighth year of his reign while he was yet young he began to seek after the God of David his father and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places and the groves and the carved images and the molten images
2 Chronicles 34:4And they brake down in his presence the altars of Baalim and the images...