2 Chronicles 20:10–12

In its context

Its words in the original

• בְנֵיvene· son

  Son. In the plural it can include sons and daughters, and also grandsons and descendants. "Son of..." also says what group someone belongs to ("sons of Israel" = Israelites).

• עַמּוֹןamon· Ammon

  Ammon: the people descended from Ben-ammi; they lived east of the Jordan.

• מוֹאָבmoav· Moab

  Moab, son of Lot by his elder daughter; also the people that came from him and its land, east of the Dead Sea.

• הַרhar· mountain, hill country

  Mountain, hill; hill country.

• שֵׂעִירseir· Seir

  Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.

• נָתַתָּהnatata· give, put, set

  Give, in a very wide sense: hand over, put, place, grant, allow, make something be.

• יִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael· 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.

• בוֹאvo· come, go in, bring

  Come, arrive, go in, enter. In the causative form, "bring" or "carry in". "Go in to" a woman is to have marital relations with her.

• אֶרֶץerets· earth, land

  The earth, in two senses: the whole world in contrast with the heavens, or a particular country or region ("the land of Egypt").

• מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim· Egypt, Mizraim

  Mizraim, the Hebrew name of Egypt; also the Egyptians. As a person, a son of Ham, ancestor of the Egyptians.

• סָרוּsaru· turn aside, remove

  Turn aside, turn away; remove, take away.

• הִשְׁמִידוּhishmidu· destroy

  Destroy completely, exterminate.

• גֹּמְלִיםgomlim· wean, deal with

  Wean: stop nursing a child, around two or three years of age. In other passages, deal well or ill with someone; ripen.

• גָרְשֵׁgarshe· drive out

  Drive out, cast out; also divorce.

• יְּרֻשָּׁתְyerushat· possession

  Possession: land that is taken and becomes one's own; also what is received from one's fathers.

• הוֹרַשְׁתָּhorashta· possess, drive out

  Take possession of something; inherit. Also take from others what they had: drive out, dispossess.

• אֱלֹהֵיelohe· Elohim, God, gods

  The Hebrew word usually translated "God". This translation keeps "Elohim" when it speaks of the one true God, the Creator, the God of Israel. The word ends like a plural, but it does not mean several: for him the verb is singular ("Elohim created"); the plural form expresses greatness. The same word as a common noun names the "gods" of other peoples, and there it is a true plural, translated "gods". It is also used of mighty ones or judges.

• תִשְׁפָּטtishpat· judge

  Judge: decide who is in the right and do him justice; also punish. Also rule, govern.

• כֹּחַkoach· strength

  Strength, power, vigor; also what the ground can produce. A word with the same letters names a large lizard.

• פְנֵיfene· face, presence

  Face. From there "surface" (the face of something) and "presence" (being before someone's face); with a preposition it means "before" or "in front of".

• הָמוֹןhamon· multitude

  Multitude, a great crowd of people; also the noise it makes; abundance.

• רָבrav· many, great

  Many, much, abundant, great; also "elder" or "chief".

• נֵדַעneda· know

  Know. Not only having a fact: it is knowing by experience and closely; also recognize, care for, make known. So Hebrew also uses it for the intimate union of a man and his wife ("he knew his wife").

• נַּעֲשֶׂהnaase· do, make

  Do, make, in the widest sense: build, produce, carry out, keep (a command), prepare.

• עֵינֵיene· eye

  Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.