2 Chronicles 31:7

“In the third month they began to lay the base of the heaps, and in the seventh month they finished.”

2 Chronicles 31:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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2 Chronicles 31:7, word by word

In the thirdשְּׁלִשִׁיshelishi

third

The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.

Where else “shelishi” appears
monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh

month

A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.

Where else “chodesh” appears
they beganהֵחֵלּוּhechelu

begin

To start doing something.

Where else “hechelu” appears
to lay the baseיִסּוֹדyisod

found

To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.

Where else “yisod” appears
of the heapsעֲרֵמוֹתaremot

heap

Heap, especially of grain already threshed.

Where else “aremot” appears
and in the seventhשְּׁבִיעִיshevii

seventh

Seventh.

Where else “shevii” appears
they finishedכִּלּוּkilu

finish

To bring a work or a matter through to its end.

Where else “kilu” appears

The context

6And the sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah, they too brought the tithe of cattle and sheep, and the tithe of the holy things consecrated to YHWH their Elohim, and they laid them in heaps upon heaps.

7 · This verse (above)

8Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, and they blessed YHWH and his people Israel.

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