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1 Chronicleschapter 14

17 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

1 Chronicles 14— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 1 Chronicles 14. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

A palace, a household, and a kingdom lifted up1

1 Chronicles 14:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַחvaiyishlachand he sentH7971חוּרָ֨םchiramHuramH2361מֶֽלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428צֹ֥רtzorTyreH6865מַלְאָכִים֮malakhimmessengersH4397אֶל־ʾel-toH413דָּוִיד֒davidDavidH1732וַעֲצֵ֣יvaatzeiand wood<s> ofH6086אֲרָזִ֔יםʾarazimcedar<s>H730וְחָרָשֵׁ֣יvecharasheiand craftsmen ofH2796קִ֔ירkira wallH7023וְחָרָשֵׁ֖יvecharasheiand craftsmen ofH2796עֵצִ֑יםʾetzimwood<s>H6086לִבְנ֥וֹתlivnotto buildH1129ל֖וֹlofor himבָּֽיִת׃bayita houseH1004

Rashi on I Chronicles 14:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And Hiram the king of Tyre sent It is explained in Genesis Rabbah (85:4): “This man was accustomed to being friendly to the tribe of Judah; so was Hirah the Adullamite to Judah.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

1 Chronicles 14:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לvaiyishaland he enquiredH7592ע֤וֹדodagainH5750דָּוִיד֙davidDavidH1732בֵּֽאלֹהִ֔יםbelohimby GodH430וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559לוֹ֙loto himהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםhaelohim<the> GodH430לֹ֥אlo'notH3808תַֽעֲלֶ֖הtaalehyou will go upH5927אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑םʾachareihemafter themH310הָסֵב֙hasevgo aroundH5437מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔םmealeihemfrom on <the> themH5921וּבָ֥אתָuvataand you will comeH935לָהֶ֖םlahemto themמִמּ֥וּלmimulfrom [the] front ofH4136הַבְּכָאִֽים׃habekhaimthe balsam treesH1057

Rashi on I Chronicles 14:14

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
circle them The Divine Standard of Justice said to the Omnipresent, “Lord of the universe, why did You dismiss Saul for David?” [God] replied, “Because he did not wait seven days for Samuel as he had commanded him” [as in I Sam.:8–14].

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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