2 Chronicles 13:21 Go deeper
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But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. (KJV)
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וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣קvai.yit.cha.Zekand he strengthened himself
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388G
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVtw3ms)
Meaning: to strengthen: strengthen
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 47:20, Genesis 48:2, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 1
אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ'a.vi.Ya.huAbijah
Lemma: אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה (a.viy.yah) · Strong's: H0029I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abijah
Used 15 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 3:10, 2 Chronicles 11:20, 2 Chronicles 11:22, 2 Chronicles 12:16, 2 Chronicles 13:1, 2 Chronicles 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0029I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 2
וַיִּ֨שָּׂא\־vai.Yi.sa'-and he took
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375U
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to lift: marry
Used 9 times. Also: Judges 21:23, Ruth 1:4, 1 Chronicles 23:22, 2 Chronicles 11:21, 2 Chronicles 24:3, Ezra 9:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375U; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 3
נָשִׁ֖יםna.Shimwives
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 4
אַרְבַּ֣ע'ar.Ba'four-
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 5
עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה'es.Rehteen
Lemma: עָשָׂר (a.sar) · Strong's: H6240
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: ten
Used 337 times. Also: Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6240; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 6
וַיּ֗וֹלֶדvai.Yo.ledand he fathered
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 7
עֶשְׂרִ֤ים'es.Rimtwenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 8
וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙u.she.Na.yimand two
Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HNcbda)
Meaning: two
Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 9
בָּנִ֔יםba.Nimsons
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 10
וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand six-
Lemma: שֵׁשׁ (shesh) · Strong's: H8337
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: six
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 7:6, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:13, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 30:20, Genesis 31:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8337; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 11
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.Rehteen
Lemma: עָשָׂר (a.sar) · Strong's: H6240
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: ten
Used 337 times. Also: Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6240; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 12
בָּנֽוֹת\׃\ \סba.Notdaughters
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 13:21 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But Abijah | → | אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה H0029I Abijah |
| grew strong | → | חָזַק H2388G to strengthen: strengthen |
| married | → | נָשָׂא H5375U to lift: marry |
| . . . | → | |
| fourteen | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
| . . . | → | עָשָׂר H6240 ten |
| wives | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| and became the father | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| of twenty-two | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| . . . | → | שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and sixteen | → | שֵׁשׁ H8337 six |
| . . . | → | עָשָׂר H6240 ten |
| daughters | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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