2 Chronicles 11:3

World English Bible (2000)

"Speak to 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 what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.
• Exod 24:4 : 4 Moses wrote all the words of Yahweh, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 17:34 : 34 To this day they do what they did before: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they follow their statutes, or their ordinances, or the law or the commandment which Yahweh 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, a Hebrew of Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;
• Rev 7:4-8 : 4 I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel: 5 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, 6 of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, 7 of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, 8 of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.