2 Chronicles 15:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in; but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the lands.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּבָעִתִּים הָהֵם אֵין שָׁלוֹם לַיּוֹצֵא וְלַבָּא כִּי מְהוּמֹת רַבּוֹת עַל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת

Transliteration

ū·ḇā·ʿit·tîm hā·hêm ʾên šā·lōm lay·yō·w·ṣêʾ wə·lab·bāʾ kî mə·hū·mōṯ rab·bō·wṯ ʿal kāl-yō·wš·ḇê hā·ʾă·rā·ṣō·wṯ

Grammar Details

*ū·ḇā·ʿit·tîm*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - and in the times
*hā·hêm*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - those
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*šā·lōm*: noun, masculine singular - peace
*lay·yō·w·ṣêʾ*: preposition + definite article + participle, qal masculine singular - for the one going out
*wə·lab·bāʾ*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + participle, qal masculine singular - and for the one coming in
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*mə·hū·mōṯ*: noun, feminine plural - tumults/confusions
*rab·bō·wṯ*: adjective, feminine plural - many/great
*ʿal*: preposition - upon
*kāl*: noun, masculine singular construct - all of
*yō·wš·ḇê*: participle, qal masculine plural construct - inhabitants of
*hā·ʾă·rā·ṣō·wṯ*: definite article + noun, feminine plural - the lands

Word Meanings

*šā·lōm*: peace/safety/welfare
*mə·hū·mōṯ*: tumults/confusions/disturbances
*yō·wš·ḇê*: inhabitants/dwellers/residents

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:6 : 6 In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.
1 Sam 13:6 : 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
Ps 121:8 : 8 Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in From this time forth and for evermore.
Matt 24:6-7 : 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that ye be not troubled: for [these] [things] must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places.
Luke 21:25 : 25 And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the billows;

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