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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.1", "source": "בֶּן־שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים יְהוֹאָ֥שׁ בְּמָלְכֽוֹ׃", "text": "*Ben-šeḇaʿ šānîm Yəhôʾāš bəmālkô*", "grammar": { "*Ben-šeḇaʿ*": "construct state - son of seven", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural - years", "*Yəhôʾāš*": "proper name - Jehoash/Joash", "*bəmālkô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in/when his reigning/becoming king" }, "variants": { "*Ben-šeḇaʿ šānîm*": "seven years old", "*bəmālkô*": "when he became king/when he began to reign" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.2", "source": "בִּשְׁנַת־שֶׁ֤בַע לְיֵהוּא֙ מָלַ֣ךְ יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִבְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע׃", "text": "*Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ lYēhûʾ mālaḵ Yəhôʾāš wəʾarbāʿîm šānâ mālaḵ bîrûšālāim wəšēm ʾimmô Ṣiḇyâ miBəʾēr šāḇaʿ*", "grammar": { "*Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ*": "preposition + construct state - in year of seven", "*lYēhûʾ*": "preposition + proper name - to/for/of Jehu", "*mālaḵ*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - reigned/became king", "*wəʾarbāʿîm*": "conjunction + number - and forty", "*šānâ*": "feminine singular - year", "*bîrûšālāim*": "preposition + proper name - in Jerusalem", "*wəšēm*": "conjunction + masculine noun construct - and name of", "*ʾimmô*": "feminine noun + 3ms suffix - his mother", "*miBəʾēr šāḇaʿ*": "preposition + proper name - from Beer-sheba" }, "variants": { "*Bišnaṯ-šeḇaʿ lYēhûʾ*": "in the seventh year of Jehu", "*mālaḵ*": "became king/began to reign" } }

3

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.3", "source": "וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוֹאָ֧שׁ הַיָּשָׁ֛ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה כָּל־יָמָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹרָ֔הוּ יְהוֹיָדָ֖ע הַכֹּהֵֽן׃", "text": "*wayyaʿaś Yəhôʾāš hayyāšār bəʿênê YHWH kāl-yāmāyw ʾăšer hôrāhû Yəhôyādāʿ hakōhēn*", "grammar": { "*wayyaʿaś*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he did", "*hayyāšār*": "definite article + adjective - the right/straight", "*bəʿênê*": "preposition + construct dual noun - in eyes of", "*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh/LORD", "*kāl-yāmāyw*": "noun construct + noun + 3ms suffix - all his days", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/that", "*hôrāhû*": "Hiphil perfect 3ms + 3ms suffix - he taught him", "*hakōhēn*": "definite article + noun - the priest" }, "variants": { "*hayyāšār bəʿênê YHWH*": "what was right in the eyes of the LORD", "*hôrāhû*": "instructed him/taught him/directed him" } }

4

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.4", "source": "רַ֥ק הַבָּמ֖וֹת לֹא־סָ֑רוּ ע֥וֹד הָעָ֛ם מְזַבְּחִ֥ים וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים בַּבָּמֽוֹת׃", "text": "*raq habbāmôṯ lōʾ-sārû ʿôḏ hāʿām məzabbəḥîm ûməqaṭṭərîm babbāmôṯ*", "grammar": { "*raq*": "adverb - only/nevertheless", "*habbāmôṯ*": "definite article + feminine plural noun - the high places", "*lōʾ-sārû*": "negative particle + Qal perfect 3cp - were not removed", "*ʿôḏ*": "adverb - still/yet", "*hāʿām*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the people", "*məzabbəḥîm*": "Piel participle masculine plural - sacrificing", "*ûməqaṭṭərîm*": "conjunction + Piel participle masculine plural - and burning incense", "*babbāmôṯ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine plural noun - on the high places" }, "variants": { "*habbāmôṯ*": "high places/elevated worship sites", "*sārû*": "removed/taken away/departed", "*məzabbəḥîm*": "offering sacrifices/sacrificing", "*məqaṭṭərîm*": "burning incense/offering burnt offerings" } }

5

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.5", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ אֶל־הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים כֹּל֩ כֶּ֨סֶף הַקֳּדָשִׁ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־יוּבָ֤א בֵית־יְהוָה֙ כֶּ֣סֶף עוֹבֵ֔ר אִ֕ישׁ כֶּ֥סֶף נַפְשׁ֖וֹת עֶרְכּ֑וֹ כָּל־כֶּ֗סֶף אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַֽעֲלֶה֙ עַ֣ל לֶב־אִ֔ישׁ לְהָבִ֖יא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*wayyōʾmer Yəhôʾāš ʾel-hakkōhănîm kōl keseḇ haqqŏḏāšîm ʾăšer-yûḇā ḇêṯ-YHWH keseḇ ʿôḇēr ʾîš keseḇ napšôṯ ʿerkô kāl-keseḇ ʾăšer yaʿăleh ʿal leḇ-ʾîš ləhāḇîʾ bêṯ YHWH*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said", "*ʾel-hakkōhănîm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - to the priests", "*kōl keseḇ haqqŏḏāšîm*": "construct + noun + definite article + masculine plural noun - all money of the holy things", "*ʾăšer-yûḇā*": "relative particle + Hophal imperfect 3ms - which is brought", "*ḇêṯ-YHWH*": "construct state + divine name - house of YHWH", "*keseḇ ʿôḇēr ʾîš*": "noun + Qal participle + noun - money passing [by] each man", "*keseḇ napšôṯ ʿerkô*": "noun + feminine plural noun construct + noun + 3ms suffix - money of persons of his valuation", "*yaʿăleh ʿal leḇ-ʾîš*": "Qal imperfect 3ms + preposition + construct + noun - comes up on heart of man", "*ləhāḇîʾ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - to bring" }, "variants": { "*keseḇ haqqŏḏāšîm*": "money of the holy things/sacred money", "*keseḇ ʿôḇēr ʾîš*": "census money/money of those numbered/current money", "*keseḇ napšôṯ ʿerkô*": "valuation money for persons/redemption money", "*yaʿăleh ʿal leḇ-ʾîš*": "comes into one's heart/one decides voluntarily" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.6", "source": "יִקְח֤וּ לָהֶם֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים אִ֖ישׁ מֵאֵ֣ת מַכָּר֑וֹ וְהֵ֗ם יְחַזְּקוּ֙ אֶת־בֶּ֣דֶק הַבַּ֔יִת לְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִמָּצֵ֥א שָׁ֖ם בָּֽדֶק׃", "text": "*yiqḥû lāhem hakkōhănîm ʾîš mēʾēṯ makkārô wəhēm yəḥazzəqû ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbayiṯ ləḵōl ʾăšer-yimmāṣēʾ šām bāḏeq*", "grammar": { "*yiqḥû*": "Qal imperfect 3mp - let them take", "*lāhem*": "preposition + 3mp suffix - for themselves", "*hakkōhănîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the priests", "*ʾîš mēʾēṯ makkārô*": "noun + preposition + noun + 3ms suffix - each from his acquaintance", "*wəhēm*": "conjunction + 3mp pronoun - and they", "*yəḥazzəqû*": "Piel imperfect 3mp - they shall repair/strengthen", "*ʾeṯ-beḏeq*": "direct object marker + construct noun - the breach of", "*habbayiṯ*": "definite article + noun - the house", "*ləḵōl ʾăšer-yimmāṣēʾ*": "preposition + construct + relative + Niphal imperfect 3ms - for all that is found", "*šām*": "adverb - there", "*bāḏeq*": "noun - breach/damage" }, "variants": { "*makkārô*": "his acquaintance/his friend/his district", "*beḏeq habbayiṯ*": "breach of the house/damage of the temple/repair needs" } }

7

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.7", "source": "וַיְהִ֗י בִּשְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁ שָׁנָ֖ה לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ יְהוֹאָ֑שׁ לֹֽא־חִזְּק֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת־בֶּ֥דֶק הַבָּֽיִת׃", "text": "*wayəhî bišnaṯ ʿeśrîm wəšālōš šānâ lammelek Yəhôʾāš lōʾ-ḥizzəqû hakkōhănîm ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbāyiṯ*", "grammar": { "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and it happened", "*bišnaṯ*": "preposition + construct noun - in year of", "*ʿeśrîm wəšālōš*": "number + conjunction + number - twenty and three", "*šānâ*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*lammelek*": "preposition + definite article + noun - to/for the king", "*lōʾ-ḥizzəqû*": "negative particle + Piel perfect 3mp - they had not repaired", "*ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbāyiṯ*": "direct object marker + construct + definite article + noun - the breach of the house" }, "variants": { "*bišnaṯ ʿeśrîm wəšālōš šānâ*": "in the twenty-third year", "*ḥizzəqû*": "repaired/strengthened/maintained" } }

8

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.8", "source": "וַיִּקְרָא֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ לִיהוֹיָדָ֤ע הַכֹּהֵן֙ וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מַדּ֛וּעַ אֵינְכֶ֥ם מְחַזְּקִ֖ים אֶת־בֶּ֣דֶק הַבָּ֑יִת וְעַתָּ֗ה אַל־תִּקְחוּ־כֶ֙סֶף֙ מֵאֵ֣ת מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־לְבֶ֥דֶק הַבַּ֖יִת תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃", "text": "*wayyiqrāʾ hammelek Yəhôʾāš lîhôyāḏāʿ hakkōhēn wəlakkōhănîm wayyōʾmer ʾălēhem maddûaʿ ʾênəḵem məḥazzəqîm ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbāyiṯ wəʿattâ ʾal-tiqḥû-ḵeseḇ mēʾēṯ makkārêḵem kî-ləḇeḏeq habbayiṯ tittənûhû*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he called", "*hammelek*": "definite article + noun - the king", "*lîhôyāḏāʿ*": "preposition + proper name - to Jehoiada", "*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + noun - the priest", "*wəlakkōhănîm*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - and to the priests", "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said", "*ʾălēhem*": "preposition + 3mp suffix - to them", "*maddûaʿ*": "interrogative - why", "*ʾênəḵem məḥazzəqîm*": "negative particle + 2mp suffix + Piel participle mp - you are not repairing", "*wəʿattâ*": "conjunction + adverb - and now", "*ʾal-tiqḥû-ḵeseḇ*": "negative particle + Qal imperfect 2mp + noun - do not take money", "*mēʾēṯ makkārêḵem*": "preposition + noun + 2mp suffix - from your acquaintances", "*kî-ləḇeḏeq*": "conjunction + preposition + noun - for the breach of", "*tittənûhû*": "Qal imperfect 2mp + 3ms suffix - you shall give it" }, "variants": { "*makkārêḵem*": "your acquaintances/your contributors/your districts", "*məḥazzəqîm*": "repairing/strengthening/maintaining" } }

9

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.9", "source": "וַיֵּאֹ֖תוּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֑ים לְבִלְתִּ֤י קְחַת־כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מֵאֵ֣ת הָעָ֔ם וּלְבִלְתִּ֥י חַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־בֶּ֥דֶק הַבָּֽיִת׃", "text": "*wayyēʾōṯû hakkōhănîm ləḇiltî qəḥaṯ-keseḇ mēʾēṯ hāʿām ûləḇiltî ḥazzēq ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbāyiṯ*", "grammar": { "*wayyēʾōṯû*": "waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3mp - and they agreed/consented", "*hakkōhănîm*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the priests", "*ləḇiltî*": "preposition + negative particle - to not", "*qəḥaṯ-keseḇ*": "Qal infinitive construct + noun - take money", "*mēʾēṯ hāʿām*": "preposition + definite article + noun - from the people", "*ûləḇiltî*": "conjunction + preposition + negative particle - and to not", "*ḥazzēq*": "Piel infinitive construct - repair/strengthen", "*ʾeṯ-beḏeq habbāyiṯ*": "direct object marker + construct + definite article + noun - the breach of the house" }, "variants": { "*wayyēʾōṯû*": "they consented/they agreed/they accepted" } }

10

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.10", "source": "וַיִּקַּ֞ח יְהוֹיָדָ֤ע הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֲר֣וֹן אֶחָ֔ד וַיִּקֹּ֥ב חֹ֖ר בְּדַלְתּ֑וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן אֹתוֹ֩ אֵ֨צֶל הַמִּזְבֵּ֜חַ בימין מִיָּמִ֗ין בְּבֽוֹא־אִישׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽתְנוּ־שָׁ֤מָּה הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַסַּ֔ף אֶת־כָּל־הַכֶּ֖סֶף הַמּוּבָ֥א בֵית־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*wayyiqqaḥ Yəhôyāḏāʿ hakkōhēn ʾărôn ʾeḥāḏ wayyiqqōḇ ḥōr bəḏaltô wayyittēn ʾōṯô ʾēṣel hammizēbaḥ miyyāmîn bəḇôʾ-ʾîš bêṯ YHWH wənāṯənû-šāmmâ hakkōhănîm šōmərê hassap ʾeṯ-kāl-hakkeseḇ hammûḇā ḇêṯ-YHWH*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he took", "*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + noun - the priest", "*ʾărôn ʾeḥāḏ*": "noun + numeral - one chest/box", "*wayyiqqōḇ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he bored", "*ḥōr*": "noun - hole", "*bəḏaltô*": "preposition + noun + 3ms suffix - in its door/lid", "*wayyittēn ʾōṯô*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms + direct object + 3ms suffix - and he put it", "*ʾēṣel hammizēbaḥ*": "preposition + definite article + noun - beside the altar", "*miyyāmîn*": "preposition + noun - from/at the right", "*bəḇôʾ-ʾîš*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + noun - at entrance of man", "*bêṯ YHWH*": "construct + divine name - house of YHWH", "*wənāṯənû-šāmmâ*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3cp + adverb - and they put there", "*šōmərê hassap*": "Qal participle construct mp + definite article + noun - keepers of the threshold", "*hammûḇā*": "definite article + Hophal participle - the being brought" }, "variants": { "*ʾărôn*": "chest/box/ark", "*ḥōr*": "hole/opening", "*šōmərê hassap*": "gatekeepers/threshold guards/doorkeepers" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.11", "source": "וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּרְאוֹתָ֔ם כִּֽי־רַ֥ב הַכֶּ֖סֶף בָּֽאָר֑וֹן וַיַּ֨עַל סֹפֵ֤ר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל וַיָּצֻ֙רוּ֙ וַיִּמְנ֔וּ אֶת־הַכֶּ֖סֶף הַנִּמְצָ֥א בֵית־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*wayəhî kirʾôṯām kî-raḇ hakkeseḇ bāʾārôn wayyaʿal sōpēr hammelek wəhakkōhēn haggāḏôl wayyāṣurû wayyimnû ʾeṯ-hakkeseḇ hannimṣāʾ bêṯ-YHWH*", "grammar": { "*wayəhî*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and it happened", "*kirʾôṯām*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3mp suffix - when their seeing", "*kî-raḇ*": "conjunction + adjective - that abundant", "*hakkeseḇ*": "definite article + noun - the money", "*bāʾārôn*": "preposition + definite article + noun - in the chest", "*wayyaʿal*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and went up", "*sōpēr hammelek*": "construct + definite article + noun - scribe of the king", "*wəhakkōhēn haggāḏôl*": "conjunction + definite article + noun + definite article + adjective - and the priest the great", "*wayyāṣurû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3mp - and they bound up", "*wayyimnû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3mp - and they counted", "*hannimṣāʾ*": "definite article + Niphal participle - the being found" }, "variants": { "*sōpēr*": "scribe/secretary", "*wayyāṣurû*": "they bound up/they put in bags/they tied up" } }

12

{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.12", "source": "וְנָתְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף הַֽמְתֻכָּ֔ן עַל־יד יְדֵי֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הפקדים הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיּוֹצִיאֻ֜הוּ לְחָרָשֵׁ֤י הָעֵץ֙ וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*wənāṯənû ʾeṯ-hakkeseḇ haməṯukkān ʿal-yəḏê ʿōśê hamməlāḵâ hammupqāḏîm bêṯ YHWH wayyôṣîʾûhû ləḥārāšê hāʿēṣ wəlabbōnîm hāʿōśîm bêṯ YHWH*", "grammar": { "*wənāṯənû*": "conjunction + Qal perfect 3cp - and they gave", "*hakkeseḇ haməṯukkān*": "definite article + noun + definite article + Pual participle - the money the prepared", "*ʿal-yəḏê*": "preposition + construct plural noun - upon hands of", "*ʿōśê hamməlāḵâ*": "Qal participle construct + definite article + noun - doers of the work", "*hammupqāḏîm*": "definite article + Hophal participle masculine plural - the ones appointed", "*bêṯ YHWH*": "construct + divine name - house of YHWH", "*wayyôṣîʾûhû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3mp + 3ms suffix - and they brought it out", "*ləḥārāšê hāʿēṣ*": "preposition + construct plural + definite article + noun - to craftsmen of the wood", "*wəlabbōnîm*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - and to the builders", "*hāʿōśîm*": "definite article + Qal participle masculine plural - the ones working" }, "variants": { "*haməṯukkān*": "prepared/weighed/assessed", "*ʿal-yəḏê*": "into the hands of/to the control of", "*ḥārāšê hāʿēṣ*": "carpenters/woodworkers" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.13", "source": "וְלַגֹּֽדְרִים֙ וּלְחֹצְבֵ֣י הָאֶ֔בֶן וְלִקְנ֤וֹת עֵצִים֙ וְאַבְנֵ֣י מַחְצֵ֔ב לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־בֶּ֣דֶק בֵּית־יְהוָ֑ה וּלְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֥א עַל־הַבַּ֖יִת לְחָזְקָֽה׃", "text": "*wəlaggōḏərîm ûləḥōṣəḇê hāʾeḇen wəliqnôṯ ʿēṣîm wəʾaḇnê maḥṣēḇ ləḥazzēq ʾeṯ-beḏeq bêṯ-YHWH ûləḵōl ʾăšer-yēṣēʾ ʿal-habbayiṯ ləḥāzəqâ*", "grammar": { "*wəlaggōḏərîm*": "conjunction + preposition + definite article + Qal participle masculine plural - and to the masons/wall-builders", "*ûləḥōṣəḇê*": "conjunction + preposition + Qal participle construct - and to hewers of", "*hāʾeḇen*": "definite article + noun - the stone", "*wəliqnôṯ*": "conjunction + preposition + Qal infinitive construct - and to buy", "*ʿēṣîm*": "masculine plural noun - timbers/woods", "*wəʾaḇnê maḥṣēḇ*": "conjunction + construct plural + noun - and stones of quarry", "*ləḥazzēq*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to repair", "*ʾeṯ-beḏeq bêṯ-YHWH*": "direct object marker + construct + construct + divine name - the breach of house of YHWH", "*ûləḵōl ʾăšer-yēṣēʾ*": "conjunction + preposition + construct + relative + Qal imperfect 3ms - and for all that goes out", "*ʿal-habbayiṯ*": "preposition + definite article + noun - for the house", "*ləḥāzəqâ*": "preposition + noun - for repair/strengthening" }, "variants": { "*gōḏərîm*": "masons/wall-builders/stonemasons", "*ḥōṣəḇê hāʾeḇen*": "stonecutters/quarrymen", "*yēṣēʾ ʿal-habbayiṯ*": "was expended for the house/was used for the house" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.14", "source": "אַךְ֩ לֹ֨א יֵעָשֶׂ֜ה בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה סִפּ֥וֹת כֶּ֙סֶף֙ מְזַמְּר֤וֹת מִזְרָקוֹת֙ חֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת כָּל־כְּלִ֥י זָהָ֖ב וּכְלִי־כָ֑סֶף מִן־הַכֶּ֖סֶף הַמּוּבָ֥א בֵית־יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*ʾak lōʾ yēʿāśeh bêṯ YHWH sippôṯ keseḇ məzammərôṯ mizrāqôṯ ḥăṣōṣərôṯ kāl-kəlî zāhāḇ ûḵəlî-ḵāseḇ min-hakkeseḇ hammûḇā ḇêṯ-YHWH*", "grammar": { "*ʾak*": "adverb - however/yet", "*lōʾ yēʿāśeh*": "negative particle + Niphal imperfect 3ms - it was not made", "*bêṯ YHWH*": "construct + divine name - house of YHWH", "*sippôṯ keseḇ*": "feminine plural noun + noun - basins of silver", "*məzammərôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - snuffers/trimming knives", "*mizrāqôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - bowls/basins", "*ḥăṣōṣərôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - trumpets", "*kāl-kəlî zāhāḇ*": "construct + noun + noun - any vessel of gold", "*ûḵəlî-ḵāseḇ*": "conjunction + construct + noun - and vessel of silver", "*min-hakkeseḇ hammûḇā*": "preposition + definite article + noun + definite article + Hophal participle - from the money the being brought" }, "variants": { "*sippôṯ*": "basins/bowls/cups", "*məzammərôṯ*": "snuffers/trimming knives/pruning hooks", "*mizrāqôṯ*": "bowls/throwing vessels/sprinkling basins" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.15", "source": "כִּֽי־לְעֹשֵׂ֥י הַמְּלָאכָ֖ה יִתְּנֻ֑הוּ וְחִזְּקוּ־ב֖וֹ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "*kî-ləʿōśê hamməlāḵâ yittənûhû wəḥizzəqû-ḇô ʾeṯ-bêṯ YHWH*", "grammar": { "*kî-ləʿōśê*": "conjunction + preposition + Qal participle construct - for to doers of", "*hamməlāḵâ*": "definite article + noun - the work", "*yittənûhû*": "Qal imperfect 3mp + 3ms suffix - they would give it", "*wəḥizzəqû-ḇô*": "conjunction + Piel perfect 3cp + preposition + 3ms suffix - and they repaired with it", "*ʾeṯ-bêṯ YHWH*": "direct object marker + construct + divine name - the house of YHWH" }, "variants": { "*ʿōśê hamməlāḵâ*": "workmen/laborers/those doing the work" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.16", "source": "וְלֹ֧א יְחַשְּׁב֣וּ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתְּנ֤וּ אֶת־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ עַל־יָדָ֔ם לָתֵ֖ת לְעֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֑ה כִּ֥י בֶאֱמֻנָ֖ה הֵ֥ם עֹשִֽׂים׃", "text": "*wəlōʾ yəḥaššəḇû ʾeṯ-hāʾănāšîm ʾăšer yittənû ʾeṯ-hakkeseḇ ʿal-yāḏām lāṯēṯ ləʿōśê hamməlāḵâ kî ḇeʾĕmûnâ hēm ʿōśîm*", "grammar": { "*wəlōʾ yəḥaššəḇû*": "conjunction + negative particle + Piel imperfect 3mp - and they did not reckon", "*ʾeṯ-hāʾănāšîm*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine plural noun - the men", "*ʾăšer yittənû*": "relative + Qal imperfect 3mp - who gave", "*ʾeṯ-hakkeseḇ*": "direct object marker + definite article + noun - the money", "*ʿal-yāḏām*": "preposition + noun + 3mp suffix - into their hand", "*lāṯēṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to give", "*ləʿōśê hamməlāḵâ*": "preposition + Qal participle construct + definite article + noun - to doers of the work", "*kî ḇeʾĕmûnâ*": "conjunction + preposition + noun - for in faithfulness", "*hēm ʿōśîm*": "3mp pronoun + Qal participle mp - they were doing" }, "variants": { "*yəḥaššəḇû*": "reckoned/called to account/required an accounting from", "*ḇeʾĕmûnâ*": "faithfully/honestly/with integrity" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.17", "source": "כֶּ֤סֶף אָשָׁם֙ וְכֶ֣סֶף חַטָּא֔וֹת לֹ֥א יוּבָ֖א בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יִהְיֽוּ׃", "text": "*keseḇ ʾāšām wəḵeseḇ ḥaṭṭāʾôṯ lōʾ yûḇā bêṯ YHWH lakkōhănîm yihyû*", "grammar": { "*keseḇ ʾāšām*": "noun construct + noun - money of guilt offering", "*wəḵeseḇ ḥaṭṭāʾôṯ*": "conjunction + noun construct + feminine plural noun - and money of sin offerings", "*lōʾ yûḇā*": "negative particle + Hophal imperfect 3ms - was not brought", "*bêṯ YHWH*": "construct + divine name - house of YHWH", "*lakkōhănîm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - for the priests", "*yihyû*": "Qal imperfect 3mp - they would be" }, "variants": { "*keseḇ ʾāšām*": "guilt offering money/trespass offering money", "*keseḇ ḥaṭṭāʾôṯ*": "sin offering money" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.18", "source": "אָ֣ז יַעֲלֶ֗ה חֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם וַיִּלָּ֥חֶם עַל־גַּ֖ת וַֽיִּלְכְּדָ֑הּ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם חֲזָאֵל֙ פָּנָ֔יו לַעֲל֖וֹת עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃", "text": "*ʾāz yaʿăleh Ḥăzāʾēl melek ʾărām wayyillāḥem ʿal-Gaṯ wayyilkəḏāh wayyāśem Ḥăzāʾēl pānāw laʿălôṯ ʿal-Yərûšālāim*", "grammar": { "*ʾāz*": "adverb - then", "*yaʿăleh*": "Qal imperfect 3ms - he went up", "*Ḥăzāʾēl*": "proper name - Hazael", "*melek ʾărām*": "construct + proper name - king of Aram/Syria", "*wayyillāḥem*": "waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3ms - and he fought", "*ʿal-Gaṯ*": "preposition + proper name - against Gath", "*wayyilkəḏāh*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms + 3fs suffix - and he captured it", "*wayyāśem*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he set", "*pānāw*": "masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his face", "*laʿălôṯ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go up", "*ʿal-Yərûšālāim*": "preposition + proper name - against Jerusalem" }, "variants": { "*wayyāśem pānāw*": "set his face/determined/resolved" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.19", "source": "וַיִּקַּ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁר־הִקְדִּ֣ישׁוּ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וִיהוֹרָם֩ וַאֲחַזְיָ֨הוּ אֲבֹתָ֜יו מַלְכֵ֤י יְהוּדָה֙ וְאֶת־קֳדָשָׁ֔יו וְאֵ֣ת כָּל־הַזָּהָ֗ב הַנִּמְצָ֛א בְּאֹצְר֥וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה וּבֵ֣ית הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח לַֽחֲזָאֵל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם וַיַּ֖עַל מֵעַ֥ל יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃", "text": "*wayyiqqaḥ Yəhôʾāš melek-Yəhûḏâ ʾēṯ kāl-haqqŏḏāšîm ʾăšer-hiqdîšû Yəhôšāpāṭ wîhôrām waʾăḥazyāhû ʾăḇōṯāw malkê Yəhûḏâ wəʾeṯ-qŏḏāšāw wəʾēṯ kāl-hazzāhāḇ hannimṣāʾ bəʾōṣərôṯ bêṯ-YHWH ûḇêṯ hammelek wayyišlaḥ laḤăzāʾēl melek ʾărām wayyaʿal mēʿal Yərûšālāim*", "grammar": { "*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he took", "*melek-Yəhûḏâ*": "construct + proper name - king of Judah", "*ʾēṯ kāl-haqqŏḏāšîm*": "direct object marker + construct + definite article + masculine plural noun - all the holy things", "*ʾăšer-hiqdîšû*": "relative + Hiphil perfect 3cp - which they had dedicated", "*ʾăḇōṯāw*": "masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his fathers", "*malkê Yəhûḏâ*": "construct plural + proper name - kings of Judah", "*wəʾeṯ-qŏḏāšāw*": "conjunction + direct object marker + masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - and his holy things", "*wəʾēṯ kāl-hazzāhāḇ*": "conjunction + direct object marker + construct + definite article + noun - and all the gold", "*hannimṣāʾ*": "definite article + Niphal participle - the being found", "*bəʾōṣərôṯ*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - in treasuries of", "*bêṯ-YHWH*": "construct + divine name - house of YHWH", "*ûḇêṯ hammelek*": "conjunction + construct + definite article + noun - and house of the king", "*wayyišlaḥ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he sent", "*wayyaʿal*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he went up", "*mēʿal*": "preposition + preposition - from against/away from" }, "variants": { "*haqqŏḏāšîm*": "holy things/sacred donations/dedicated items", "*hiqdîšû*": "dedicated/consecrated/set apart", "*ʾōṣərôṯ*": "treasuries/storehouses" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.20", "source": "וְיֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יוֹאָ֖שׁ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה הֲלוֹא־הֵ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֗ים עַל־סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַיָּמִ֖ים לְמַלְכֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃", "text": "*wəyeṯer diḇrê Yôʾāš wəḵāl-ʾăšer ʿāśâ hălôʾ-hēm kəṯûḇîm ʿal-sēper diḇrê hayyāmîm ləmalkê Yəhûḏâ*", "grammar": { "*wəyeṯer*": "conjunction + construct - and remainder of", "*diḇrê*": "construct plural - words/acts of", "*Yôʾāš*": "proper name - Joash", "*wəḵāl-ʾăšer*": "conjunction + construct + relative - and all that", "*ʿāśâ*": "Qal perfect 3ms - he did", "*hălôʾ-hēm*": "interrogative + negative + 3mp pronoun - are they not", "*kəṯûḇîm*": "Qal passive participle masculine plural - written", "*ʿal-sēper*": "preposition + construct - on book of", "*diḇrê hayyāmîm*": "construct plural + definite article + masculine plural noun - words/chronicles of the days", "*ləmalkê*": "preposition + construct plural - for kings of", "*Yəhûḏâ*": "proper name - Judah" }, "variants": { "*diḇrê*": "words/acts/matters/affairs", "*diḇrê hayyāmîm*": "chronicles/annals/record of events" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.21", "source": "וַיָּקֻ֥מוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו וַיִּקְשְׁרֽוּ־קָ֑שֶׁר וַיַּכּוּ֙ אֶת־יוֹאָ֔שׁ בֵּ֥ית מִלֹּ֖א הַיּוֹרֵ֥ד סִלָּֽא׃", "text": "*wayyāqūmû ʿăḇāḏāyw wayyiqšərû-qāšer wayyakkû ʾeṯ-Yôʾāš bêṯ Millōʾ hayyôrēḏ Sillāʾ*", "grammar": { "*wayyāqūmû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3mp - and they arose", "*ʿăḇāḏāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his servants", "*wayyiqšərû-qāšer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3mp + cognate accusative - and they conspired a conspiracy", "*wayyakkû*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3mp - and they struck", "*ʾeṯ-Yôʾāš*": "direct object marker + proper name - Joash", "*bêṯ Millōʾ*": "construct + proper name - house of Millo", "*hayyôrēḏ*": "definite article + Qal participle - the going down", "*Sillāʾ*": "proper name - Silla" }, "variants": { "*wayyiqšərû-qāšer*": "conspired a conspiracy/formed a plot", "*bêṯ Millōʾ*": "house of Millo/citadel", "*hayyôrēḏ Sillāʾ*": "which goes down to Silla/at the descent to Silla" } }

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{ "verseID": "2Kings.12.22", "source": "וְיוֹזָבָ֣ד בֶּן־שִׁ֠מְעָת וִיהוֹזָבָ֨ד בֶּן־שֹׁמֵ֤ר ׀ עֲבָדָיו֙ הִכֻּ֣הוּ וַיָּמֹ֔ת וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲמַצְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃", "text": "*wəYôzāḇāḏ ben-Šimʿāṯ wîhôzāḇāḏ ben-Šōmēr ʿăḇāḏāyw hikkûhû wayyāmōṯ wayyiqbərû ʾōṯô ʿim-ʾăḇōṯāyw bəʿîr Dāwiḏ wayyimlōḵ ʾĂmaṣyâ ḇənô taḥtāyw*", "grammar": { "*wəYôzāḇāḏ*": "conjunction + proper name - and Jozabad", "*ben-Šimʿāṯ*": "construct + proper name - son of Shimeath", "*wîhôzāḇāḏ*": "conjunction + proper name - and Jehozabad", "*ben-Šōmēr*": "construct + proper name - son of Shomer", "*ʿăḇāḏāyw*": "masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - his servants", "*hikkûhû*": "Hiphil perfect 3cp + 3ms suffix - they struck him", "*wayyāmōṯ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he died", "*wayyiqbərû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3mp - and they buried", "*ʾōṯô*": "direct object marker + 3ms suffix - him", "*ʿim-ʾăḇōṯāyw*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - with his fathers", "*bəʿîr*": "preposition + construct - in city of", "*Dāwiḏ*": "proper name - David", "*wayyimlōḵ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he reigned/became king", "*ʾĂmaṣyâ*": "proper name - Amaziah", "*ḇənô*": "masculine singular noun + 3ms suffix - his son", "*taḥtāyw*": "preposition + 3ms suffix - in his place" }, "variants": { "*hikkûhû*": "struck him/killed him", "*taḥtāyw*": "in his place/in his stead/as his successor" } }