Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּand the officialsוְהַשָּׂרִיםcameוַיָּבֹאוּand sawוַיִּרְאוּthe heaps,אֶת הָעֲרֵמוֹתand they blessedוַיְבָרֲכוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהand his peopleוְאֵת עַמּוֹIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Chronicles 31:8
Study it in the app“Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, and they blessed YHWH and his people Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 31:8, word by word
- Hezekiahיְחִזְקִיָּהוּyechizkiyahu
Hezekiah
Hezekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is my strength" or "YHWH strengthens." Best known is the king of Judah, son of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:20; 18-20; Isaiah 36-39); other men also bear it (Zephaniah 1:1; Nehemiah 7:21).
Where else “yechizkiyahu” appears- and the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sarim” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and sawיִּרְאוּyiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yiru” appears- the heapsעֲרֵמוֹתaremot
heap
Heap, especially of grain already threshed.
Where else “aremot” appears- and they blessedיְבָרֲכוּyevarachu
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarachu” 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- and his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” 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
The context
7In the third month they began to lay the base of the heaps, and in the seventh month they finished.
8 · This verse (above)
9Hezekiah asked the priests and the Levites about the heaps.