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2 Chronicles 9:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.


2 Chronicles 9:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Chronicles 9:133 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מַֽלְכַּתwmaləkat
queenconjH4436
שְׁבָ֗אšəbāʾ
ShebanounH7614
Sabeans
שָֽׁמְעָה֮šāməʿāh
call togetherverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שֵׁ֣מַעšēmaʿ
bruitnounH8088
fame · hear · loud · report ···
שְׁלֹמֹה֒šəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
וַ/תָּב֣וֹאwatābwōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לְ/נַסּוֹת֩lənaswōt
adventurepronH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁלֹמֹ֨הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
בְ/חִיד֜וֹתbəḥiydwōt
dark saying (sentencepronH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
בִּ/ירֽוּשָׁלִַ֗םbiyrwšālaim
JerusalempronH3389
בְּ/חַ֣יִלbəḥayil
ablepronH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
כָּבֵ֣דkābēd
greatadjH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
מְאֹ֡דməʾōd
diligentlyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
וּ֠/גְמַלִּיםwgəmaliym
camelconjH1581
נֹשְׂאִ֨יםnōśəʾiym
acceptverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
בְּשָׂמִ֧יםbəśāmiym
smellnounH1314
spice · sweet
וְ/זָהָ֛בwəzāhāb
goldconjH2091
fair weather
לָ/רֹ֖בlārōb
abundancepronH7230
all · common · excellent · great(-ly ···
וְ/אֶ֣בֶןwəʾeben
(chalk-conjH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
יְקָרָ֑הyəqārāh
brightnessadjH3368
clear · costly · excellent · fat ···
וַ/תָּבוֹא֙watābwōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֣רwatədabēr
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עִמּ֔/וֹʿimwō
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
אֵ֛תʾēt
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָיָ֖הhāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
לְבָבָֽ/הּləbābāh
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
Words 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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