2 Chronicles 6:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

He stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד לִפְנֵי֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כָּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּפְרֹ֖שׂ כַּפָּֽיו׃

Transliteration

And yaʿămōd before mizbēaḥ YHWH opposite all-qəhal yiśrāʾēl; and yiprōś his kappāyw.

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿămōd*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he stood
• *lipənê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - before/in front of
• *mizbaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
• *YHWH*: proper divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *neged*: preposition - opposite/in front of
• *kol-qəhal*: noun, masculine singular construct + noun, masculine singular construct - all assembly of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wayyiprōś*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he spread out
• *kappāyw*: noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his palms/hands

Word Meanings

• *yaʿămōd*: stood/took position/remained
• *mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
• *qəhal*: assembly/congregation/gathering
• *yiprōś*: spread out/extended/stretched forth
• *kappāyw*: his palms/his hands/his opened hands

Referenced Verses

• Exod 9:33 : 33 So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the LORD, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth.
• Job 11:13 : 13 “As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
• Ps 63:4 : 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
• Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
• Ps 68:31 : 31 They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God.
• Ps 141:2 : 2 May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
• Ps 28:2 : 2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!
• Ps 29:1-2 : 1 A psalm of David. Acknowledge the LORD, you heavenly beings, acknowledge the LORD’s majesty and power! 2 Acknowledge the majesty of the LORD’s reputation! Worship the LORD in holy attire!
• 1 Kgs 8:22-53 : 22 Solomon Prays for Israel Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. 23 He prayed:“O LORD, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity. 24 You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. 25 Now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said,‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’ 26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized. 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 28 But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today. 29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. 30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably. 31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. 32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. 33 “The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple, 34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. 35 “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them, 36 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 37 “The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. 38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, 39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives.(Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 40 Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors. 41 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. 42 When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. 43 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 44 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the LORD toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, 45 then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them. 46 “The time will come when your people will sin against you(for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by. 47 When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting,‘We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.’ 48 When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 49 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them. 50 Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. 51 After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. 52 “May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. 53 After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”
• 2 Kgs 11:14 : 14 Then she saw the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed,“Treason, treason!”
• 2 Kgs 23:3 : 3 The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the LORD, agreeing to follow the LORD and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant.