2 Chronicles 21:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

behold, Jehovah will smite with a great plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה נֹגֵ֛ף מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה בְּעַמֶּ֑ךָ וּבְבָנֶ֥יךָ וּבְנָשֶׁ֖יךָ וּבְכָל־רְכוּשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

Behold YHWH nōḡēp̄ maggēp̄āh ḡĕḏôlāh against-ʿammeḵā and-against-bāneḵā and-against-nāšeḵā and-against-all-rĕḵûšeḵā.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*nōḡēp̄*: qal participle, masculine singular - striking
*maggēp̄āh*: noun, feminine singular - plague/blow
*ḡĕḏôlāh*: adjective, feminine singular - great
*ʿammeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
*bāneḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
*nāšeḵā*: noun, feminine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wives
*rĕḵûšeḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your possessions

Word Meanings

*nōḡēp̄*: striking/smiting/afflicting
*maggēp̄āh*: plague/blow/stroke
*ḡĕḏôlāh*: great/severe/intense
*ʿammeḵā*: your people/nation
*bāneḵā*: your sons/children
*nāšeḵā*: your wives/women
*rĕḵûšeḵā*: your possessions/property/goods

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Lev 26:21 : 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
Hos 5:11 : 11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after [man's] command.
Mic 6:16 : 16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

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