2 Chronicles 35:3
{ "verseID": "2 Chronicles.35.3", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לַ֠לְוִיִּם הַמְּבִינִ֨ים לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הַקְּדוֹשִׁ֣ים לַיהוָ֗ה תְּנ֤וּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן־הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ בַּ֠בַּיִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֜ה שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בֶן־דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵין־לָכֶ֥ם מַשָּׂ֖א בַּכָּתֵ֑ף עַתָּ֗ה עִבְדוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת עַמּ֥וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃", "text": "And he *ʾāmar* to the *lĕwiyyim* the *bîn* to all *Yiśrāʾēl*, the *qādôš* to *YHWH*, *nātan* the *ʾărôn-haqqōdeš* in the *bayit* which *bānāh* *Šĕlōmōh* son of *Dāwid* *melek* *Yiśrāʾēl*, not to you *maśśāʾ* on the *kātēp*; now *ʿābad* *YHWH* your *ʾĕlōhîm* and his *ʿam* *Yiśrāʾēl*.", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - said", "*lĕwiyyim*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Levites", "*bîn*": "hiphil participle, masculine plural - causing to understand/teaching/instructing", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*qādôš*": "adjective, masculine plural - holy/consecrated/set apart", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - divine name", "*nātan*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - give/put/place", "*ʾărôn-haqqōdeš*": "compound noun, masculine singular - ark of holiness/holy ark", "*bayit*": "common noun, masculine singular with definite article and preposition - in the house", "*bānāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - built", "*Šĕlōmōh*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular - David", "*melek*": "common noun, masculine singular construct - king of", "*maśśāʾ*": "common noun, masculine singular - burden/load/carrying", "*kātēp*": "common noun, feminine singular - shoulder", "*ʿābad*": "qal imperative, 2nd masculine plural - serve/work for", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "common noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine plural possessive suffix - God/gods", "*ʿam*": "common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular possessive suffix - people" }, "variants": { "*bîn*": "teaching/instructing/enlightening/giving understanding", "*qādôš*": "holy/consecrated/set apart/sanctified", "*nātan*": "put/place/set", "*ʾărôn-haqqōdeš*": "holy ark/ark of holiness/sacred ark", "*maśśāʾ*": "burden/load/carrying/bearing", "*ʿābad*": "serve/worship/minister to" } }