2 Chronicles 20:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֣א עָלֶ֜יךָ הָמ֥וֹן רָ֛ב מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיָּ֖ם מֵאֲרָ֑ם וְהִנָּם֙ בְּחַֽצְצ֣וֹן תָּמָ֔ר הִ֖יא עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי׃

Transliteration

And wayyābōʾû and wayyaggîdû to lîhôšāpāṭ lēmōr, bāʾ against ʿāleykā hāmôn rāb from beyond mēʿēber to the sea layyām from mēʾărām, and behold-them wəhinnām in bəḥaṣṣôn tāmār, she hîʾ ʿên gedî.

Grammar Details

*wayyābōʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*wayyaggîdû*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they told/reported
*lîhôšāpāṭ*: preposition *lə* + proper name - to Jehoshaphat
*lēmōr*: preposition *lə* + qal infinitive construct - saying
*bāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he/it came/has come
*ʿāleykā*: preposition *ʿal* + 2nd masculine singular suffix - against you
*hāmôn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - multitude/crowd
*rāb*: adjective masculine singular - great/large/many
*mēʿēber*: preposition *min* + masculine singular noun - from beyond/across
*layyām*: preposition *lə* + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the sea
*mēʾărām*: preposition *min* + proper name - from Aram/Syria
*wəhinnām*: waw-conjunction + particle *hinnē* + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and behold them
*bəḥaṣṣôn*: preposition *bə* + proper name - in Hazazon
*tāmār*: proper name - Tamar
*hîʾ*: 3rd feminine singular pronoun - she/it
*ʿên*: construct feminine singular noun - spring of
*gedî*: proper name - Gedi

Word Meanings

*mēʾărām*: from Aram/Syria/Edom (text variant reads 'from Edom')
*hāmôn*: multitude/crowd/army/noise
*ʿên gedî*: En-gedi (place name)

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Referenced Verses

Gen 14:7 : 7 And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.
1 Sam 23:29 : 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.
Song 1:14 : 14 My beloved is unto me [as] a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.
Gen 14:3 : 3 All these joined together in the vale of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
Num 34:12 : 12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.
Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Josh 15:62 : 62 and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

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