2 Chronicles 25:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And [other] ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים חַיִּ֗ים שָׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְבִיא֖וּם לְרֹ֣אשׁ הַסָּ֑לַע וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֥וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־הַסֶּ֖לַע וְכֻלָּ֥ם נִבְקָֽעוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

wa-ʿăśeret ʾălāpîm ḥayyîm šābû bənê yəhûdâ wa-yəbîʾûm lə-rōʾš ha-sālaʿ wa-yašlîkûm mē-rōʾš-ha-selaʿ wə-kullām nibqāʿû

Grammar Details

*wa-ʿăśeret*: conjunction + cardinal number, 'and ten'
*ʾălāpîm*: noun masculine plural, 'thousands'
*ḥayyîm*: adjective masculine plural, 'living'
*šābû*: qal perfect 3rd common plural, 'captured'
*bənê*: noun masculine plural construct, 'sons of'
*yəhûdâ*: proper noun, 'Judah'
*wa-yəbîʾûm*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'and they brought them'
*lə-rōʾš*: preposition + noun construct, 'to the top of'
*ha-sālaʿ*: definite article + noun, 'the rock/cliff'
*wa-yašlîkûm*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'and they threw them'
*mē-rōʾš-ha-selaʿ*: preposition + noun construct + definite article + noun, 'from the top of the rock'
*wə-kullām*: conjunction + noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix, 'and all of them'
*nibqāʿû*: niphal perfect 3rd common plural, 'were broken/split open'

Word Meanings

*ḥayyîm*: living/alive/remaining
*šābû*: captured/took captive
*ha-sālaʿ*: the rock/the cliff/the crag
*nibqāʿû*: were broken/were dashed to pieces/were split open

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 12:31 : 31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
1 Chr 20:3 : 3 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chr 20:10 : 10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
2 Chr 21:8-9 : 8 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. 9 Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots. 10 So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day: then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken Jehovah, the God of his fathers.

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