2 Chronicles 32:4
{ "verseID": "2 Chronicles.32.4", "source": "וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ עַם־רָ֔ב וַֽיִּסְתְּמוּ֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמַּעְיָנ֔וֹת וְאֶת־הַנַּ֛חַל הַשּׁוֹטֵ֥ף בְּתוֹךְ־הָאָ֖רֶץ לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֤מָּה יָב֙וֹאוּ֙ מַלְכֵ֣י אַשּׁ֔וּר וּמָצְא֖וּ מַ֥יִם רַבִּֽים", "text": "*wa-yiqqāḇṣû* *ʿam*-*rāḇ* *wa-yistəmû* *ʾet*-all-the-*maʿyānôṯ* and-*ʾet*-the-*naḥal* the-*šôṭēp̄* in-midst-of-the-*ʾāreṣ* *lēmōr* *lāmmāh* *yāḇôʾû* *malḵê* *ʾaššûr* *û-māṣəʾû* *mayim* *rabbîm*", "grammar": { "*wa-yiqqāḇṣû*": "waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they gathered themselves", "*ʿam*": "masculine singular noun - people", "*rāḇ*": "adjective, masculine singular - many/great/numerous", "*wa-yistəmû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd plural - and they stopped up/blocked", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*maʿyānôṯ*": "feminine plural noun - springs", "*naḥal*": "masculine singular noun - stream/brook/wadi", "*šôṭēp̄*": "qal participle, masculine singular - flowing/overflowing", "*ʾāreṣ*": "feminine singular noun - land/earth/ground", "*lēmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying", "*lāmmāh*": "interrogative + preposition - why", "*yāḇôʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd plural - they will come", "*malḵê*": "masculine plural construct - kings of", "*ʾaššûr*": "proper noun - Assyria", "*û-māṣəʾû*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 3rd plural - and find", "*mayim*": "masculine plural noun - water", "*rabbîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - many/great/abundant" }, "variants": { "*ʿam-rāḇ*": "many people/great multitude", "*naḥal*": "stream/brook/wadi/valley", "*šôṭēp̄*": "flowing/overflowing/flooding" } }