2 Chronicles 31:3

“The portion of the king from his possessions was for the burnt offerings: for the burnt offerings of the morning and of the evening, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed times, as it is written in the law of YHWH.”

2 Chronicles 31:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 31:3, word by word

The portionמְנָתmenat

portion

Portion: the share that falls to someone, by law or by distribution.

Where else “menat” appears
of the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

Where else “melech” appears
from his possessionsרְכוּשׁrechush

possessions

Goods, possessions, property.

Where else “rechush” appears
was for the burnt offeringsעֹלוֹתolot

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

Where else “olot” appears
of the morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

Where else “boker” appears
and of the eveningעֶרֶבerev

evening

Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.

Where else “erev” appears
for the Sabbathsשַּׁבָּתוֹתshabatot

Sabbath

The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.

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and for the new moonsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim

new moon

When the moon reappears and the month begins, with its feast.

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and for the appointed timesמֹּעֲדִיםmoadim

festival

Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.

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it is writtenכָּתוּבkatuv

write

To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.

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in the lawתוֹרַתtorat

law

Literally "teaching": what YHWH commands, written in Moses' book.

Where else “torat” 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.

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The context

2Hezekiah set the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offering and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camps of YHWH.

3 · This verse (above)

4He told the people, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests and of the Levites, so that they might hold firm to the law of YHWH.

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