2 Chronicles 30:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּ֣ם בִּיהוּדָ֗ה הָֽיְתָה֙ יַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֖ם לֵ֣ב אֶחָ֑ד לַעֲשׂ֞וֹת מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִ֖ים בִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

Also in-Yĕhûdāh hāyĕtāh yad hā'ĕlōhîm lātēt to-them lēb 'eḥād, la'ăśôt miṣwat the-melek and-the-śārîm by-dĕbar YHWH.

Grammar Details

*Yĕhûdāh*: proper noun, masculine - Judah
*hāyĕtāh*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it was
*yad*: common noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
*hā'ĕlōhîm*: common noun, masculine plural absolute with definite article - God/the gods
*lātēt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to give
*lēb*: common noun, masculine singular absolute - heart
*'eḥād*: cardinal number, masculine singular absolute - one
*la'ăśôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to do
*miṣwat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - commandment of
*melek*: common noun, masculine singular absolute with definite article - the king
*śārîm*: common noun, masculine plural absolute with definite article - the officials
*dĕbar*: common noun, masculine singular construct - word of
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD

Word Meanings

*hāyĕtāh*: it was/it came/it happened
*yad*: hand/power/influence
*hā'ĕlōhîm*: God/the gods/the deity
*lātēt*: to give/to grant/to provide
*lēb*: heart/mind/will
*'eḥād*: one/single/united
*la'ăśôt*: to do/perform/fulfill
*miṣwat*: commandment/order/decree
*melek*: king/sovereign/ruler
*śārîm*: officials/princes/nobles
*dĕbar*: word/command/matter

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Referenced Verses

Phil 2:13 : 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
Jer 32:39 : 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Ezek 36:26 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Acts 4:19 : 19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye:
1 Thess 4:2 : 2 For ye know what charge we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, for that God {G138} chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 whereunto he called you through our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Deut 4:2 : 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
Deut 4:5-6 : 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
1 Chr 29:18-19 : 18 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee; 19 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.
2 Chr 29:25 : 25 And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
2 Chr 29:36 : 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
Ezra 7:27 : 27 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;
Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Jehovah: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

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