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2 Chronicleschapter 5

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

Original Language

2 Chronicles 5— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 2 Chronicles 5. 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

2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 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.

2 Chronicles 5:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּvaiyavouand they cameH935כֹּ֖לkolallH3605זִקְנֵ֣יziknei[the] elders ofH2205יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelH3478וַיִּשְׂא֥וּvaiyisuand they liftedH5375הַלְוִיִּ֖םhalviyimthe LevitesH3881אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הָאָרֽוֹן׃haaronthe arkH727

Radak on II Chronicles 5:4

RadakProvence, 1160–1235· Commentary
The Levites carried the Ark. But in the book of Kings it says, “The priests carried the Ark” (1 Kgs:3)!

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Commentary of Radak to Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary, by Yitzhak Berger, Brown University, 2007

2 Chronicles 5:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְהִ֣יvayhiand it belongedH1961כְ֠אֶחָדkheechodas oneH259לַמְחַצְּרִ֨יםlamachatzotzerimto the trumpetersH2690וְלַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֜יםvelamshorarimand to the singersH7891לְהַשְׁמִ֣יעַlehashmia'to make heardH8085קוֹל־kol-a voiceH6963אֶחָ֗דʾechadoneH259לְהַלֵּ֣לlehalelto praiseH1984וּלְהֹדוֹת֮ulehodotand to give thanksH3034לַיהוָה֒layahwehto YahwehH3068וּכְהָרִ֣יםukheharimand just as lifted upH7311ק֠וֹלkola voiceH6963בַּחֲצֹצְר֨וֹתbachatzotzerotwith trumpetsH2689וּבִמְצִלְתַּ֜יִםuvimtziltayimand with [the] cymbalsH4700וּבִכְלֵ֣יuvikhleiand with [the] instruments ofH3627הַשִּׁ֗ירhashir<the> songH7892וּבְהַלֵּ֤לuvehaleland when praisedH1984לַיהוָה֙layahweh<to> YahwehH3068כִּ֣יkiforH3588ט֔וֹבtov[he is] goodH2896כִּ֥יkiforH3588לְעוֹלָ֖םleolam[is] for everH5769חַסְדּ֑וֹchasdocovenant loyalty hisH2617וְהַבַּ֛יִתvehabayitand the houseH1004מָלֵ֥אmale'it was fullH4390עָנָ֖ןʾanana cloudH6051בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004יְהוָֽה׃yahwehYahwehH3068

Rashi on II Chronicles 5:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
And the trumpeters, etc. were as one The meaning is: And they were united - all the trumpeters together. Now for what purpose were they united? To make one sound together to praise and to thank the Lord.

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

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