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2 Kings 21:5 Interlinear

“And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD”

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Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּ֥בֶן	H1129	And he built	to build (literally and figuratively)
2	מִזְבְּח֖וֹת	H4196	altars	an altar
3	לְכָל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
4	צְבָ֣א	H6635	for all the host	a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
5	הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	H8064	of heaven	the 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
6	בִּשְׁתֵּ֖י	H8147	in the two	two; also (as ordinal) twofold
7	חַצְר֥וֹת	H2691	courts	a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
8	בֵּית	H1004	of the house	a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
9	יְהוָֽה׃	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

2 Kings 21:5 (current)And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD