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He toldוַיֹּאמֶרthe people,לָעָםthe inhabitantsלְיוֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםto giveלָתֵתthe portionמְנָתof the priestsהַכֹּהֲנִיםand of the Levites,וְהַלְוִיִּםso thatלְמַעַןthey might hold firmיֶחֶזְקוּto the lawבְּתוֹרַתof YHWH.יְהוָה
2 Chronicles 31:4
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 31:4, word by word
- He toldיֹּאמֶרyomer
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “yomer” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַםyerushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appears- to giveתֵתtet
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appears- the portionמְנָתmenat
portion
Portion: the share that falls to someone, by law or by distribution.
Where else “menat” appears- of the priestsכֹּהֲנִיםkohanim
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appears- and of the Levitesלְוִיִּםleviyim
Levite
Levite: of the tribe of Levi.
Where else “leviyim” appears- they might hold firmיֶחֶזְקוּyechezku
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “yechezku” appears- to 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.
Where else “yehva” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
3The 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5When the order spread, the sons of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, new wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and the tithe of everything they brought in abundance.