2 Chronicles 20:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֣א עָלֶ֜יךָ הָמ֥וֹן רָ֛ב מֵעֵ֥בֶר לַיָּ֖ם מֵאֲרָ֑ם וְהִנָּם֙ בְּחַֽצְצ֣וֹן תָּמָ֔ר הִ֖יא עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי׃

Transliteration

And wayyābōʾû and wayyaggîdû to lîhôšāpāṭ lēmōr, bāʾ against ʿāleykā hāmôn rāb from beyond mēʿēber to the sea layyām from mēʾărām, and behold-them wəhinnām in bəḥaṣṣôn tāmār, she hîʾ ʿên gedî.

Grammar Details

*wayyābōʾû*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*wayyaggîdû*: waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they told/reported
*lîhôšāpāṭ*: preposition *lə* + proper name - to Jehoshaphat
*lēmōr*: preposition *lə* + qal infinitive construct - saying
*bāʾ*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he/it came/has come
*ʿāleykā*: preposition *ʿal* + 2nd masculine singular suffix - against you
*hāmôn*: definite article + masculine singular noun - multitude/crowd
*rāb*: adjective masculine singular - great/large/many
*mēʿēber*: preposition *min* + masculine singular noun - from beyond/across
*layyām*: preposition *lə* + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the sea
*mēʾărām*: preposition *min* + proper name - from Aram/Syria
*wəhinnām*: waw-conjunction + particle *hinnē* + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and behold them
*bəḥaṣṣôn*: preposition *bə* + proper name - in Hazazon
*tāmār*: proper name - Tamar
*hîʾ*: 3rd feminine singular pronoun - she/it
*ʿên*: construct feminine singular noun - spring of
*gedî*: proper name - Gedi

Word Meanings

*mēʾărām*: from Aram/Syria/Edom (text variant reads 'from Edom')
*hāmôn*: multitude/crowd/army/noise
*ʿên gedî*: En-gedi (place name)

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Referenced Verses

Gen 14:7 : 7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
1 Sam 23:29 : 29 And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
Song 1:14 : 14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
Gen 14:3 : 3 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
Num 34:12 : 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
Josh 3:16 : 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
Josh 15:62 : 62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

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