2 Chronicles 21:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the first-born.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֣ם ׀ אֲ֠בִיהֶם מַתָּנ֨וֹת רַבּ֜וֹת לְכֶ֤סֶף וּלְזָהָב֙ וּלְמִגְדָּנ֔וֹת עִם־עָרֵ֥י מְצֻר֖וֹת בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָ֛ה נָתַ֥ן לִֽיהוֹרָ֖ם כִּי־ה֥וּא הַבְּכֽוֹר׃ פ

Transliteration

And-wayyittēn to-them ʾăḇîhem mattānôṯ rabbôṯ of-kesep̄ and-of-zāhāḇ and-of-miḡdānôṯ with-ʿārê mĕṣurôṯ in-Yĕhûḏāh and-ʾeṯ-the-mamlāḵāh nāṯan to-Yĕhôrām for-he the-bĕḵôr.

Grammar Details

*wayyittēn*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
*ʾăḇîhem*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their father
*mattānôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - gifts
*rabbôṯ*: adjective, feminine plural - many/great
*kesep̄*: noun, masculine singular - silver/money
*zāhāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - gold
*miḡdānôṯ*: noun, masculine plural - precious things/choice gifts
*ʿārê*: noun, feminine plural construct - cities of
*mĕṣurôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - fortifications/fortified places
*Yĕhûḏāh*: proper noun - Judah
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*mamlāḵāh*: noun, feminine singular - kingdom/kingship
*nāṯan*: verb, perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he gave
*Yĕhôrām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jehoram
*bĕḵôr*: noun, masculine singular - firstborn

Word Meanings

*mattānôṯ*: gifts/presents
*rabbôṯ*: many/great/numerous
*kesep̄*: silver/money
*miḡdānôṯ*: precious things/choice gifts/delicacies
*ʿārê*: cities/towns
*mĕṣurôṯ*: fortifications/fortified places/strongholds
*mamlāḵāh*: kingdom/kingship/royal power
*bĕḵôr*: firstborn/oldest son

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 11:23 : 23 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fortified city: and he gave them victuals in abundance. And he sought [for them] many wives.
Gen 25:6 : 6 But unto the sons of the concubines, that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Deut 21:15-17 : 15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated; 16 then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the first-born before the son of the hated, who is the first-born: 17 but he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the first-born is his.
2 Chr 11:5 : 5 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.

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