2 Chronicles 11:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in every city [he put] shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. And Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבְכָל־עִ֤יר וָעִיר֙ צִנּ֣וֹת וּרְמָחִ֔ים וַֽיְחַזְּקֵ֖ם לְהַרְבֵּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיְהִי־ל֖וֹ יְהוּדָ֥ה וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ ס

Transliteration

And in every-city and city ṣinnôt and rəmāḥîm and wayəḥazzəqēm to ləharbēh məʾōḏ and wayəhî-to him yəhūdāh and ḇinyāmîn

Grammar Details

*ṣinnôt*: noun, feminine plural - shields
*rəmāḥîm*: noun, masculine plural - spears
*wayəḥazzəqēm*: waw consecutive + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he strengthened them
*ləharbēh*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to multiply, increase
*məʾōḏ*: adverb - very, exceedingly
*wayəhî*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it came to be
*yəhūdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
*ḇinyāmîn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Benjamin

Word Meanings

*ṣinnôt*: shields, bucklers, defensive armor
*ləharbēh məʾōḏ*: exceedingly much, in great abundance

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 13:19 : 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.
2 Sam 13:22 : 22 And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.
2 Chr 26:14-15 : 14 And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. 15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by skilful men, to be on the towers and upon the battlements, wherewith to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chr 32:5 : 5 And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.

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10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
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2 Chr 32:5-6
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5And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and raised [it] up to the towers, and the other wall without, and strengthened Millo [in] the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abundance.
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2 Chr 17:1-2
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76%
1And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
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2 Chr 17:12-13
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2 Chr 14:6-8
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6And he built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Jehovah had given him rest.
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Neh 4:16
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16And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
2 Chr 33:14
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2 Chr 11:13
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2 Chr 12:4
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2 Chr 15:9
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2 Chr 26:6
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2 Chr 26:13-15
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2 Chr 11:5
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2 Sam 24:7
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2 Sam 2:9
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2 Chr 12:10
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2 Sam 17:11
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