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He appointedוַיַּעֲמֵדjudgesשֹׁפְטִיםin the land,בָּאָרֶץin allבְּכָלthe fortifiedהַבְּצֻרוֹתcitiesעָרֵיof Judah,יְהוּדָהcityלְעִירby city,וָעִיר
2 Chronicles 19:5
Study it in the app“He appointed judges in the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 19:5, word by word
- He appointedיַּעֲמֵדyaamed
appoint
To put in place, name to a post.
Where else “yaamed” appears- judgesשֹׁפְטִיםshoftim
judge
To judge and do justice, defend the weak.
Where else “shoftim” appears- in the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the fortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתbetsurot
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appears- citiesעָרֵיare
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
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 “yehuda” appears
The context
4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to YHWH, Elohim of their fathers.
5 · This verse (above)
6and said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for a human being but for YHWH, and he is with you in the matter of judgment.