2 Chronicles 9:17 Go deeper
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Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֧עַשׂvai.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 9:17 word 1
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 2
כִּסֵּא\־ki.se'-a throne of
Lemma: כִּסֵּא (kis.se) · Strong's: H3678G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: throne
Used 124 times. Also: Genesis 41:40, Exodus 11:5, Exodus 12:29, Deuteronomy 17:18, Judges 3:20, 1 Samuel 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3678G; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 3
שֵׁ֖ןshenivory
Lemma: שֵׁן (shen) · Strong's: H8127H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: tooth: ivory
Used 10 times. Also: 1 Kings 10:18, 1 Kings 22:39, Psalms 45:8, Song of Solomon 5:14, Song of Solomon 7:4, Ezekiel 27:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8127H; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 4
גָּד֑וֹלga.Dolgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 5
וַיְצַפֵּ֖הוּvay.tza.Pe.huand he overlaid it
Lemma: צָפָה (tsa.phah) · Strong's: H6823
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to overlay
Used 47 times. Also: Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:24, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 26:29, Exodus 26:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6823; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 6
זָהָ֥בza.Havgold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 7
טָהֽוֹר\׃ta.Horpure
Lemma: טָהוֹר (ta.hor) · Strong's: H2889
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: pure
Used 93 times. Also: Genesis 7:2, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 25:11, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2889; TAHOT 2 Chronicles 9:17 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Additionally, the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| a great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| throne | → | כִּסֵּא H3678G throne |
| of ivory | → | שֵׁן H8127H tooth: ivory |
| and overlaid it | → | צָפָה H6823 to overlay |
| with pure | → | טָהוֹר H2889 pure |
| gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
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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