2 Chronicles 20:5–12

In its context

Its words in the original

• יַּעֲמֹדyaamod· stand

  Stand; stay, remain, endure. "Stand before" someone is to serve him or be in his presence. In another form of the verb, set up, place, appoint.

• יְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat· Jehoshaphat

  Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).

• קְהַלkehal· assembly

  Assembly: a large group of people gathered; later, the people of Israel gathered before God.

• יְהוּדָהyehuda· Judah

  Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.

• ירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim· Jerusalem

  Jerusalem: a city in the hill country that later became David's capital and the place of the temple.

• בֵיתvet· house, household

  House. Also the family that lives in it ("the house of Noah") and someone's descendants ("the house of David"); also a temple, "the house of God".

• יְהוָהyehva· 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.

• 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".

• חָצֵרchatser· court; village

  Enclosed court, courtyard; also an unwalled village.

• חֲדָשָׁהchadasha· new

  New.

• יֹּאמַרyomar· say

  Say, speak. The most common verb for bringing in what someone says; sometimes "think" (say to oneself) or "command".

• 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.

• אֲבֹתֵיavote· father

  Father; also ancestor ("our fathers"), and the founder or head of a family or group.

• שָּׁמַיִםshamayim· heavens, sky

  The heavens: what is above, where the clouds, the sun and the stars are seen; also the dwelling of God. In Hebrew it is always plural. With birds, "the sky".

• מוֹשֵׁלmoshel· rule

  Rule, have dominion or authority over something or someone.

• מַמְלְכוֹתmamlchot· kingdom

  Kingdom: the territory and the power of a king; reign.

• גּוֹיִםgoyim· nation

  Nation, a people with its land. In the plural, "the nations": all the peoples of the world, and especially those who are not Israel.

• יָדְyad· hand, power

  Hand. Figuratively, power or control ("into the hand of" = into the power of); also side, part, or share. Also a projecting piece, such as a tenon.

• כֹּחַkoach· strength

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

• גְבוּרָהgevura· might

  Strength, might; mighty deed, victory.

• הִתְיַצֵּבhityatsev· take one's stand

  Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.

• הוֹרַשְׁתָּhorashta· possess, drive out

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

• יֹשְׁבֵיyoshve· sit, dwell

  Sit, sit down; from there stay in a place, live, dwell. In the causative form, settle someone, make to dwell. Also sit as judge or as king.

• אָרֶץarets· 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").

• עַמְּam· people

  People: a human group joined by kinship, history and destiny. "My people", said by God, is Israel. Also the people as a crowd, or troops.

• 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.

• תִּתְּנָtitna· give, put, set

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

• זֶרַעzera· offspring, seed

  Seed. From there "offspring": the children and generations that come from someone. Also sowing and semen.

• אַבְרָהָםavraham· Abraham

  Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.

• אֹהַבְohav· love

  Love, have affection for someone: a parent for a child, a husband for a wife, a friend for a friend, a person for God; also like, desire.

• עוֹלָםolam· forever, eternal

  A very long time whose end cannot be seen: looking forward, "forever"; looking back, "of old", "ancient".

• יִּבְנוּyivnu· build

  Build, construct; also rebuild. Figuratively, build up a family (give it children).

• מִקְדָּשׁmikdash· sanctuary

  Sanctuary: a place set apart for God; also a holy thing. Said too of the shrines of other gods.

• שִׁמְshim· name

  Name. In the Bible a name says who someone is; so it also means fame, renown or reputation.

• תָּבוֹאtavo· 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.

• רָעָהraa· evil, bad, harm

  Bad; evil. It includes what is morally wrong and also what does harm: misfortune, disaster, distress.

• חֶרֶבcherev· sword

  Sword; also any tool with an edge, like a knife or a chisel.

• שְׁפוֹטshefot· judgment, punishment

  Judgment: a sentence or punishment someone receives. It is of the family of "judge."

• דֶבֶרdever· plague, pestilence

  Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

• רָעָבraav· famine, hunger

  Hunger; famine, a shortage of food in a region.

• נִזְעַקnizak· cry out

  Cry out, shout for help; also call together.

• צָּרָתֵtsarate· distress

  Distress, trouble, anguish; also a rival wife.

• תִשְׁמַעtishma· hear, listen, obey

  Hear, listen. In the Bible listening truly includes paying heed; so it often means "obey". In the causative form, make heard, proclaim.

• תוֹשִׁיעַtoshia· save

  Save: deliver someone from danger or from an oppressor. From this root come the names Joshua and Jesus.

• 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.

• 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.

• תִשְׁפָּטtishpat· judge

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

• 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.