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He hiredוַיִּשְׂכֹּרfrom Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵלa hundredמֵאָהthousandאֶלֶףmighty menגִּבּוֹרof valorחָיִלfor a hundredבְּמֵאָהtalentsכִכַּרof silver.כָּסֶף
2 Chronicles 25:6
Study it in the app“He hired from Israel a hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 25:6, word by word
- He hiredיִּשְׂכֹּרyiskor
hire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “yiskor” appears- from Israelיִּשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- a hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- mighty menגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- of valorחָיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- talentsכִכַּרchikar
talent
A very large weight for metals, about 3,000 shekels.
Where else “chikar” appears- of silverכָּסֶףkasef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasef” appears
The context
5Amaziah gathered Judah and set them by fathers’ houses, under commanders of thousands and under commanders of hundreds, for all Judah and Benjamin; and he counted them from twenty years old and upward, and found them to be three hundred thousand chosen men going out to the army, handling spear and large shield.
6 · This verse (above)
7But a man of Elohim came to him, saying, “O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for YHWH is not with Israel, with all the sons of Ephraim.