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← 2 Chronicles 8 · ← verse 4 · verse 6 →

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

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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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