Hebrew Interlinear

2 Chronicles 6:23 Interlinear

Then hear thou from heaven and do and judge thy servants by requiting the wicked by giving his way upon his own head and by justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְאַתָּ֣ה׀H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
2תִּשְׁמַ֣עH8085Then hearto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
3מִןH4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
4הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםH8064thou from heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
5וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙H6213and doto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6וְשָֽׁפַטְתָּ֣H8199and judgeto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8עֲבָדֶ֔יךָH5650thy servantsa servant
9לְהָשִׁ֣יבH7725by requitingto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
10לְרָשָׁ֔עH7563the wickedmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
11לָ֥תֶתH5414by givingto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
12דַּרְכּ֖וֹH1870his waya road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
13בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹH7218upon his own headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
14וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יקH6663and by justifyingto be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
15צַדִּ֔יקH6662the righteousjust
16לָ֥תֶתH5414by givingto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
17ל֖וֹH0
18כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃H6666him according to his righteousnessrightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

Verse Context

2 Chronicles 6:22 sin If a man against his neighbour be laid ...
2 Chronicles 6:23 (current) Then hear thou from heaven and do and judge thy servants by requiting the wicked by giving his way upon his own head and by justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness
2 Chronicles 6:24 be put to the worse And if thy people Israel before the enemy...

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