2 Chronicles 8:5 Go deeper
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Also he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; (KJV)
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וַיִּ֜בֶןvai.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 8:5 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 2
בֵּ֤יתbeitBeth
Lemma: בֵּית חוֹרֹן (bet cho.ron) · Strong's: H1032H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: (Upper) Beth-horon
Used 4 times. Also: Joshua 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1032H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 3
חוֹרוֹן֙cho.rOnHoron
Lemma: בֵּית חוֹרֹן (bet cho.ron) · Strong's: H1032H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: (Upper) Beth-horon
Used 4 times. Also: Joshua 16:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1032H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 4
הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹןha.'el.Yon<the> upper
Lemma: עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) · Strong's: H5945G
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: Upper (Beth Horon)
Used 3 times. Also: Joshua 16:5, 1 Chronicles 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5945G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 5
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 6
בֵּ֥יתbeitBeth
Lemma: בֵּית חוֹרֹן (bet cho.ron) · Strong's: H1032I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: (Lower) Beth-horon
Used 10 times. Also: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 18:13, 1 Kings 9:17, 1 Chronicles 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1032I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 7
חוֹר֖וֹןcho.RonHoron
Lemma: בֵּית חוֹרֹן (bet cho.ron) · Strong's: H1032I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: (Lower) Beth-horon
Used 10 times. Also: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 18:13, 1 Kings 9:17, 1 Chronicles 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1032I; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 8
הַתַּחְתּ֑וֹןha.tach.Ton<the> lower
Lemma: תַּחְתּוֹן (tach.ton) · Strong's: H8481G
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: Lower (Beth Horon)
Used 5 times. Also: Joshua 16:3, Joshua 18:13, 1 Kings 9:17, 1 Chronicles 7:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8481G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 9
עָרֵ֣י'a.Reicities 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 8:5 word 10
מָצ֔וֹרma.Tzorfortification
Lemma: מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) · Strong's: H4692
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: siege
Used 25 times. Also: Deuteronomy 20:19, Deuteronomy 20:20, Deuteronomy 28:53, Deuteronomy 28:55, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 24:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4692; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 11
חוֹמ֖וֹתcho.Motwalls
Lemma: חוֹמָה (cho.mah) · Strong's: H2346G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: wall
Used 130 times. Also: Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:30, Leviticus 25:31, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2346G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 12
דְּלָתַ֥יִםde.la.Ta.yimdoors
Lemma: דֶּ֫לֶת (de.let) · Strong's: H1817C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HNcfda)
Meaning: door
Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 19:6, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 19:10, Exodus 21:6, Deuteronomy 3:5, Deuteronomy 15:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1817C; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 13
וּבְרִֽיחַ\׃u.ve.Ri.achand bar[s]
Lemma: בְּרִיחַ (be.ri.ach) · Strong's: H1280
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: bar
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 26:26, Exodus 26:27, Exodus 26:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 36:31, Exodus 36:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1280; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 8:5 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He rebuilt | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| Upper | → | עֶלְיוֹן H5945G Upper (Beth Horon) |
| and Lower | → | תַּחְתּוֹן H8481G Lower (Beth Horon) |
| Beth-horon | → | בֵּית חוֹרֹן H1032H (Upper) Beth-horon |
| as fortified | → | מָצוֹר H4692 siege |
| cities | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| with walls | → | חוֹמָה H2346G wall |
| gates | → | דֶּ֫לֶת H1817C door |
| and bars | → | בְּרִיחַ H1280 bar |
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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