Fromוּמִןthe Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםsome were bringingמְבִיאִיםto Jehoshaphatלִיהוֹשָׁפָטtributeמִנְחָהand silverוְכֶסֶףas a load;מַשָּׂאalsoגַּםthe Arabsהָעַרְבִיאִיםwere bringingמְבִיאִיםhimלוֹsheep and goats:צֹאןrams,אֵילִיםsevenשִׁבְעַתthousandאֲלָפִיםand sevenוּשְׁבַעhundred,מֵאוֹתand male goats,וּתְיָשִׁיםsevenשִׁבְעַתthousandאֲלָפִיםand sevenוּשְׁבַעhundred.מֵאוֹת
2 Chronicles 17:11
Study it in the app“From the Philistines some were bringing to Jehoshaphat tribute and silver as a load; also the Arabs were bringing him sheep and goats: rams, seven thousand and seven hundred, and male goats, seven thousand and seven hundred.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 17:11, word by word
- the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- some were bringingמְבִיאִיםmeviim
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “meviim” appears- to Jehoshaphatיהוֹשָׁפָטyhoshafat
Jehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yhoshafat” appears- tributeמִנְחָהmincha
tribute
What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.
Where else “mincha” appears- and silverכֶסֶףchesef
silver
A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.
Where else “chesef” appears- as a loadמַשָּׂאmasa
burden
A load carried on the back; also, the act of carrying it.
Where else “masa” appears- the Arabsעַרְבִיאִיםarviim
Arab
Arab: an inhabitant of Arabia, the desert lands south and east of Israel.
Where else “arviim” appears- sheep and goatsצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- ramsאֵילִיםelim
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “elim” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- and male goatsתְיָשִׁיםteyashim
male goat
Male goat.
Where else “teyashim” appears
The context
10The dread of YHWH was on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, and they did not fight against Jehoshaphat.
11 · This verse (above)
12Jehoshaphat kept growing greater and greater, and he built in Judah citadels and store cities.