2 Chronicles 31:8

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

2 Chronicles 31:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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and the officialsשָּׂרִיםsarim

chief

Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.

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cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and sawיִּרְאוּyiru

see

To see with one's eyes.

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the heapsעֲרֵמוֹתaremot

heap

Heap, especially of grain already threshed.

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and they blessedיְבָרֲכוּyevarachu

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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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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and his peopleעַמּam

Ammi

Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".

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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.

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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.

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