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And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֧יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 1
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphat
Lemma: יְהוֹשָׁפָט (ye.ho.sha.phat) · Strong's: H3092I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jehoshaphat
Used 75 times. Also: 1 Kings 15:24, 1 Kings 22:2, 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:5, 1 Kings 22:7, 1 Kings 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3092I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 2
הֹלֵ֥ךְho.Lekh[was] going
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980L
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to go: continue
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 25:32, Genesis 26:13, Genesis 42:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980L; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 3
וְגָדֵ֖לve.ga.Deland [was] becoming great
Lemma: גָּדֵל (ga.del) · Strong's: H1432
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: growing
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 26:13, 1 Samuel 2:26, Ezekiel 16:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1432; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 4
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 5
לְמָ֑עְלָהle.Ma.'e.lah<to> upwards <towards>
Lemma: מַ֫עַל (ma.al) · Strong's: H4605
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: above
Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 22:9, Exodus 20:4, Exodus 25:20, Exodus 25:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4605; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 6
וַיִּ֧בֶןvai.Yi.venand he built
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 7
בִּֽיהוּדָ֛הbi.hu.Dahin Judah
Lemma: יְהוּדָה (ye.hu.dah) · Strong's: H3063G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Judah
Used 810 times. Also: Genesis 29:35, Genesis 35:23, Genesis 37:26, Genesis 38:1, Genesis 38:2, Genesis 38:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3063G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 8
בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹתbi.ra.ni.Yotfortresses
Lemma: בִּירָנִית (bi.ra.nit) · Strong's: H1003
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: fortress
Used 2 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1003; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 9
וְעָרֵ֥יve.'a.Reiand cities of
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 10
מִסְכְּנֽוֹת\׃mis.ke.Notstorage
Lemma: מִסְכְּנוֹת (mis.ke.nah) · Strong's: H4543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: storage
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 1:11, 1 Kings 9:19, 2 Chronicles 8:4, 2 Chronicles 8:6, 2 Chronicles 16:4, 2 Chronicles 32:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4543; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 17:12 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Jehoshaphat | → | יְהוֹשָׁפָט H3092I Jehoshaphat |
| grew stronger | → | הָלַךְ H1980L to go: continue |
| . . . | → | גָּדֵל H1432 growing |
| . . . | → | עַד H5704 till |
| and stronger | → | מַ֫עַל H4605 above |
| and he built | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| fortresses | → | בִּירָנִית H1003 fortress |
| and store | → | מִסְכְּנוֹת H4543 storage |
| cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| in Judah | → | יְהוּדָה H3063G Judah |
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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