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And look,וְהִנֵּהour fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּhave fallenנָפְלוּby the sword,בֶּחָרֶבand our sonsוּבָנֵינוּand our daughtersוּבְנוֹתֵינוּand our wivesוְנָשֵׁינוּare in captivityבַּשְּׁבִיfor this.עַל זֹאת
2 Chronicles 29:9
Study it in the app“And look, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 29:9, word by word
- our fathersאֲבוֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- have fallenנָפְלוּnaflu
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “naflu” appears- by the swordחָרֶבcharev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “charev” appears- and our sonsבָנֵיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- and our daughtersבְנוֹתֵיvenote
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “venote” appears- and our wivesנָשֵׁיnashe
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashe” appears- are in captivityשְּׁבִיshevi
captive, captivity
Captive, prisoner; captivity.
Where else “shevi” appears
The context
8So the wrath of YHWH was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he gave them over to terror, to horror, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes.
9 · This verse (above)
10Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, so that his burning anger may turn away from us.