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Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםand gatheredוַיֶּאֱסֹףthe officialsאֵת שָׂרֵיof the cityהָעִירand went upוַיַּעַלto the houseבֵּיתof YHWH.יְהוָה
2 Chronicles 29:20
Study it in the app“Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of YHWH.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 29:20, word by word
- Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּyechizkiyahu
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appears- and gatheredיֶּאֱסֹףyeesof
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “yeesof” appears- the officialsשָׂרֵיsare
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
The context
19And all the utensils that King Ahaz rejected during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and sanctified; and there they are before the altar of YHWH.”
20 · This verse (above)
21They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah; and he told the sons of Aaron, the priests, to offer them on the altar of YHWH.