So the runnersוַ הָרָצִיםwentיֵּלְכוּwith the lettersבָּאִגְּרוֹתfrom the handמִיַּדof the kingהַמֶּלֶךְand his officialsוְשָׂרָיוthrough allבְּכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand Judah,וִיהוּדָהand according to the commandmentוּכְמִצְוַתof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְsaying,לֵאמֹר“Sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלreturnשׁוּבוּtoאֶלYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Abraham,אַבְרָהָםIsaac,יִצְחָקand Israel,וְיִשְׂרָאֵלand he will returnוְיָשֹׁבtoאֶלthose who escapedהַפְּלֵיטָהwho are leftהַנִּשְׁאֶרֶתto youלָכֶםfrom the handמִכַּףof the kingsמַלְכֵיof Assyria.אַשּׁוּר
2 Chronicles 30:6
Study it in the app“So the runners went with the letters from the hand of the king and his officials through all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, “Sons of Israel, return to YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to those who escaped who are left to you from the hand of the kings of Assyria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 30:6, word by word
- So the runnersרָצִיםratsim
runner
The swift messenger or guard on foot.
Where else “ratsim” appears- wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- with the lettersאִגְּרוֹתigrot
letter
Letter: a written message that is sent. A word of the late books (Chronicles, Nehemiah, Esther).
Where else “igrot” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and his officialsשָׂרָיsaray
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “saray” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
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- and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
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 “yhuda” appears- and according to the commandmentמִצְוַתmitsvat
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvat” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- returnשׁוּבוּshuvu
turn back
To go back to YHWH, or move away from him.
Where else “shuvu” appears- 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- Isaacיִצְחָקyitschak
Isaac
Isaac, the son promised to Abraham and Sarah, father of Esau and Jacob. His name means "he laughs" (Genesis 17:17, 19; 21:6).
Where else “yitschak” appears- those who escapedפְּלֵיטָהpeleta
survivors
The small group that survives a defeat or a disaster.
Where else “peleta” appears- who are leftנִּשְׁאֶרֶתnisheret
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisheret” appears- from the handכַּףkaf
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kaf” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears
Places in this verse
Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
The context
5They established a word: to send a proclamation through all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, to come to celebrate the Passover to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, in Jerusalem; for they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it is written.
6 · This verse (above)
7Do not be like your fathers and like your brothers, who were unfaithful to YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, so that he gave them over to horror, as you see.