Tomorrowמָחָרgo downרְדוּagainst them;עֲלֵיהֶםlook,הִנָּtheyםare coming upעֹלִיםby the ascentבְּמַעֲלֵהof Ziz,הַצִּיץand you will findוּמְצָאתֶםthemאֹתָםat the endבְּסוֹףof the brook,הַנַּחַלfacingפְּנֵיthe wildernessמִדְבַּרof Jeruel.יְרוּאֵל
2 Chronicles 20:16
Study it in the app“Tomorrow go down against them; look, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook, facing the wilderness of Jeruel.”
A word to Judah in YHWH’s name: the war is not theirs, but Elohim’sCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 20:16, word by word
- Tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- go downרְדוּredu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redu” appears- are coming upעֹלִיםolim
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “olim” appears- by the ascentמַעֲלֵהmaale
ascent, rise
Ascent, a slope by which one goes up; also a raised place.
Where else “maale” appears- of Zizצִּיץtsits
Ziz
Ziz: name of an ascent going up from the shore of the Dead Sea toward Judah.
Where else “tsits” appears- and you will findמְצָאתֶםmetsatem
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsatem” appears- at the endסוֹףsof
end
End: where something finishes.
Where else “sof” appears- of the brookנַּחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- facingפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Jeruelיְרוּאֵלyeruel
Jeruel
Jeruel: name of an area of the wilderness of Judah, near Tekoa.
Where else “yeruel” appears
The context
15and he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says YHWH to you: ‘You, do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the war is not yours, but Elohim’s.
16 · This verse (above)
17It is not for you to fight in this; present yourselves, stand and see the salvation of YHWH with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed; tomorrow go out before them, and YHWH will be with you.’”