2 Chronicles 11:3

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֱמֹ֕ר אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֥ם בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶל֙ כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּיהוּדָ֥ה וּבִנְיָמִ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

ʾĕmōr to-rəḥāḇə'ām ben-shəlōmōh meleḵ yəhūdāh and to all-yiśrāʾēl in yəhūdāh and ḇinyāmîn lēʾmōr

Grammar Details

• *ʾĕmōr*: qal imperative, masculine singular - say, speak
• *rəḥāḇə'ām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Rehoboam
• *ben*: noun, masculine singular construct - son of
• *shəlōmōh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - king of
• *yəhūdāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Judah
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
• *ḇinyāmîn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Benjamin
• *lēʾmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - saying

Word Meanings

• *yiśrāʾēl* in *yəhūdāh* and *ḇinyāmîn*: Israelites living in Judah and Benjamin territories

Referenced Verses

• Gen 49:28 : 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
• Phil 3:5 : 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee;
• Rev 7:4-8 : 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.