2 Chronicles 3:16 Go deeper
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And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 1
שַׁרְשְׁרוֹת֙shar.she.rOtchains
Lemma: שַׁרְשְׁרָה (shar.she.rah) · Strong's: H8333
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: chain
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 28:14, Exodus 39:15, 1 Kings 7:17, 2 Chronicles 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8333; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 2
בַּדְּבִ֔ירba.de.Virin the innermost room
Lemma: דְּבִיר (de.vir) · Strong's: H1687
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sanctuary
Used 16 times. Also: 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:19, 1 Kings 6:20, 1 Kings 6:21, 1 Kings 6:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1687; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 3
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.Tenand he put [them]
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 4
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 5
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] top of
Lemma: רֹאשׁ (rosh) · Strong's: H7218I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: head: top
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:18, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7218I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 6
הָעַמֻּדִ֑יםha.'a.mu.Dimthe pillars
Lemma: עַמּוּד (am.mud) · Strong's: H5982G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: pillar
Used 109 times. Also: Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22, Exodus 14:19, Exodus 14:24, Exodus 26:32, Exodus 26:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5982G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 7
וַיַּ֤עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 8
רִמּוֹנִים֙ri.mo.Nimpomegranates
Lemma: רִמּוֹן (rim.mon) · Strong's: H7416
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: pomegranate
Used 32 times. Also: Exodus 28:33, Exodus 28:34, Exodus 39:24, Exodus 39:25, Exodus 39:26, Numbers 13:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7416; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 9
מֵאָ֔הme.'Ahone hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 10
וַיִּתֵּ֖ןvai.yi.Tenand he put [them]
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to give: put
Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 11
בַּֽשַּׁרְשְׁרֽוֹת\׃Ba.shar.she.Roton the chains
Lemma: שַׁרְשְׁרָה (shar.she.rah) · Strong's: H8333
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: chain
Used 7 times. Also: Exodus 28:14, Exodus 39:15, 1 Kings 7:17, 2 Chronicles 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8333; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 3:16 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| interwoven | → | דְּבִיר H1687 sanctuary |
| chains | → | שַׁרְשְׁרָה H8333 chain |
| and put them | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| on | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| top | → | רֹאשׁ H7218I head: top |
| of the pillars | → | עַמּוּד H5982G pillar |
| He made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a hundred | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| pomegranates | → | רִמּוֹן H7416 pomegranate |
| and fastened them | → | נָתַן H5414H to give: put |
| into the chainwork | → | שַׁרְשְׁרָה H8333 chain |
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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