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2 Chronicleschapter 20

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The Ammonite and Moabite Armies Are Destroyed, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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2 Chronicles 20— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

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 great multitude comes, and all Judah stands and looks to God1

2 Chronicles 20:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְהִ֣יvayhiand it wasH1961אַֽחֲרֵיכֵ֡ןʾachareikhenafter thisH310בָּ֣אוּbauthey cameH935בְנֵי־venei-[the] people ofH1121מוֹאָב֩moavMoabH4124וּבְנֵ֨יuveneiand [the] people ofH1121עַמּ֜וֹןamonAmmonH5983וְעִמָּהֶ֧ם׀veimahemand with themH5973מֵֽהָעַמּוֹנִ֛יםmehaamonimsome of the AmmonitesH5984עַל־ʾal-onH5921יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טyehoshafatJehoshaphatH3092לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃lamilchamahfor <the> battleH4421

Rashi on II Chronicles 20:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
and with them, some of the Ammonites This is Amalek. Why were they called Ammonites? Because they changed their dress and their language to resemble that of the Ammonites and mingled with them, and came to wage war against Israel.

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2 Chronicles 20:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְהִ֨נֵּה־vehineh-and here!H2009הֵ֔םhemtheyH1992גֹּמְלִ֖יםgomelim[are] repayingH1580עָלֵ֑ינוּʾaleinuto usH5921לָבוֹא֙lavo'by comingH935לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּlegareshenuto drive out usH1644מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖miyerushatekhafrom possession yourH3425אֲשֶׁ֥רʾasherwhichH834הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ׃horashtanuyou caused to possess usH3423

Rashi on II Chronicles 20:11

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
to drive us out of Your inheritance, which You caused us to inherit You Yourself. Therefore, on what basis can they contest our inheritance?

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2 Chronicles 20:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְכָ֨ל־vekhol-and allH3605יְהוּדָ֔הyehudahJudahH3063עֹמְדִ֖יםʾomedim[were] standingH5975לִפְנֵ֣יlifnei<to> beforeH6440יְהוָ֑הyahwehYahwehH3068גַּם־gam-alsoH1571טַפָּ֖םtapamlittle one[s] theirH2945נְשֵׁיהֶ֥םnesheihemwives theirH802וּבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ פuveneihemand children theirH1121

Rashi on II Chronicles 20:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
also their infants It is customary that when troops attack a country, the infants, wives, and children flee the villages to the fortified cities.

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