2 Chronicles 11:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאַחֲרֶ֣יהָ לָקַ֔ח אֶֽת־מַעֲכָ֖ה בַּת־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֗וֹ אֶת־אֲבִיָּה֙ וְאֶת־עַתַּ֔י וְאֶת־זִיזָ֖א וְאֶת־שְׁלֹמִֽית׃

Transliteration

And after her lāqaḥ ʾēt-ma'ăḵāh bat-ʾaḇshālôm and wattēleḏ to him ʾēt-ʾăḇiyyāh and ʾēt-'attay and ʾēt-zîzāʾ and ʾēt-shəlōmît

Grammar Details

*lāqaḥ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he took
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ma'ăḵāh*: proper noun, feminine singular - Maacah
*bat*: noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*ʾaḇshālôm*: proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom
*wattēleḏ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she bore
*ʾăḇiyyāh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abijah
*'attay*: proper noun, masculine singular - Attai
*zîzāʾ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ziza
*shəlōmît*: proper noun, feminine singular - Shelomith

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 13:2 : 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
Matt 1:7 : 7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
1 Kgs 15:1-2 : 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. 2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
2 Chr 11:21 : 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines:(for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
2 Chr 12:16 : 16 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

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21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines:(for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
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