2 Chronicles 9:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמַאֲכַ֣ל שֻׁלְחָנ֡וֹ וּמוֹשַׁ֣ב עֲבָדָיו֩ וּמַעֲמַ֨ד מְשָׁרְתָ֜יו וּמַלְבּֽוּשֵׁיהֶ֗ם וּמַשְׁקָיו֙ וּמַלְבּ֣וּשֵׁיהֶ֔ם וַעֲלִיָּת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יַעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה ע֛וֹד בָּ֖הּ רֽוּחַ

Transliteration

û-maʾăḵal šulḥānô û-môšaḇ ʿăḇāḏāyw û-maʿămaḏ məšārəṯāyw û-malbûšêhem û-mašqāyw û-malbûšêhem waʿăliyyāṯô ʾăšer yaʿăleh bêṯ YHWH wə-lōʾ-hāyāh ʿôḏ bāh rûaḥ

Grammar Details

• *û-maʾăḵal*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and food of
• *šulḥānô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his table
• *û-môšaḇ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and sitting/dwelling of
• *ʿăḇāḏāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *û-maʿămaḏ*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct - and standing/position of
• *məšārəṯāyw*: piel participle, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his ministers/attendants
• *û-malbûšêhem*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their clothing
• *û-mašqāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his cup-bearers
• *waʿăliyyāṯô*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his ascent
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *yaʿăleh*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he would go up
• *bêṯ*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
• *wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negation - and not
• *hāyāh*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was
• *ʿôḏ*: adverb - still/anymore
• *bāh*: preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in her
• *rûaḥ*: noun, feminine singular - breath/spirit

Word Meanings

• *maʾăḵal*: food/meal/provisions
• *môšaḇ*: dwelling/sitting/residence
• *maʿămaḏ*: standing/position/office
• *məšārəṯāyw*: his attendants/his ministers/those serving him
• *mašqāyw*: his cup-bearers/his drink servers
• *ʿăliyyāṯô*: his ascent/his upper room/his stairway
• *rûaḥ*: breath/spirit/courage

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 4:22-23 : 22 And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
• 1 Kgs 10:5 : 5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
• 2 Kgs 16:18 : 18 And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
• 1 Chr 9:18 : 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
• 2 Chr 23:13 : 13 And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason.
• Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
• Ps 119:81 : 81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
• Ps 143:7 : 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Prov 9:5 : 5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
• Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
• Ezek 44:3 : 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
• Ezek 46:2 : 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
• Dan 10:17 : 17 For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.
• Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
• John 6:53-57 : 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
• Rev 1:17 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Rev 3:20 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.