2 Chronicles 31:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the Lord.”

2 Chronicles 31:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Chronicles 31:412 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לָ/עָם֙lāʿām

peoplepronH5971

men · nation · people

לְ/יוֹשְׁבֵ֣יləywōšəbēy

abidepronH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

לָ/תֵ֕תlātēt

addpronH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

מְנָ֥תmənāt

portionnounH4521

הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֖יםhakōhăniym

chief rulerparticleH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֑םwəhaləwiyim

LeviiteconjH3881

לְמַ֥עַןləmaʿan

because ofpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

יֶחֶזְק֖וּyeḥezəqw

aidverbH2388

amend · calker · catch · cleave ···

בְּ/תוֹרַ֥תbətwōrat

lawpronH8451

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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