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Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטkept growingוַיְהִי הֹלֵךְ וְגָדֵלgreater and greater,עַד לְמָעְלָהand he builtוַיִּבֶןin Judahבִּיהוּדָהcitadelsבִּירָנִיּוֹתand store cities.וְעָרֵי מִסְכְּנוֹת
2 Chronicles 17:12
Study it in the app“Jehoshaphat kept growing greater and greater, and he built in Judah citadels and store cities.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 17:12, word by word
- Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat
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 “yehoshafat” appears- kept growingיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- kept growingהֹלֵךְholech
keep growing
Something that grows little by little.
Where else “holech” appears- kept growingגָדֵלgadel
grow greater
Ever increasing.
Where else “gadel” appears- greater and greaterמָעְלָmala
exceedingly
More and more: used to say "greatly" or "above all".
Where else “mala” appears- and he builtיִּבֶןyiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appears- in Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- citadelsבִּירָנִיּוֹתbiraniyot
citadel, fortress
Citadel: a fortress, a strong place built to defend a region. It is of the family of the word "palace, fortress."
Where else “biraniyot” appears- and store citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- and store citiesמִסְכְּנוֹתmisknot
storehouses
Storehouses, store cities for supplies.
Where else “misknot” appears
The context
11From 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Much work he had in the cities of Judah, and men of war, mighty men of valor, in Jerusalem.