2 Chronicles 11:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 we sealed: and the we sealed an hundd and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the childn of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of uben we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad we sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses we sealed twelve thousand. 7 Of the tribe of Simeon we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar we sealed twelve thousand. 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph we sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin we sealed twelve thousand.