2 Chronicles 26:15 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.”
2 Chronicles 26:15 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Chronicles 26:1524 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂwayaʿaś
and he madeconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֨םbiyrwšālaim
in JerusalempronH3389
חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹתḥišəbōnwōt
war engines ofnounH2810
invention
מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶתmaḥăšebet
invention ofnounH4284
curious work · device · imagination · invented ···
חוֹשֵׁ֗בḥwōšēb
an inventorverbH2803
conceive · consider · count · cunning (man ···
לִ/הְי֤וֹתlihəywōt
to bepronH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/מִּגְדָּלִים֙hamigədāliym
the towersparticleH4026
flower · tower. Compare the names following
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/פִּנּ֔וֹתhapinwōt
the cornersparticleH6438
chief · corner · stay · tower
לִ/ירוֹא֙liyrwōʾ
to shootpronH3384
cast · direct · inform · instruct ···
בַּֽ/חִצִּ֔יםbaḥiṣiym
arrowpronH2678
וּ/בָ/אֲבָנִ֖יםwbāʾăbāniym
and with stonesconjH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
גְּדֹל֑וֹתgədōlwōt
largeadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
וַ/יֵּצֵ֤אwayēṣēʾ
and it went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
שְׁמ/וֹ֙šəmwō
name hisnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
עַדʿad
topronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
לְ/מֵ֣/רָח֔וֹקləmērāḥwōq
from a distancepronH7350
off) · long ago · of old · space ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִפְלִ֥יאhipəliyʾ
he made wonderfulverbH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
לְ/הֵעָזֵ֖רləhēʿāzēr
to be helpedpronH5826
succour
עַ֥דʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חָזָֽקḥāzāq
he was strongverbH2388
amend · calker · catch · cleave ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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