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But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֗יvay.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 Kings 12:6 word 1
בִּשְׁנַ֨תbish.Natin year
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 2
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.Rimtwenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 3
וְשָׁלֹ֛שׁve.sha.Loshand three
Lemma: שָׁלֹשׁ (sha.losh) · Strong's: H7969
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: three
Used 429 times. Also: Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:23, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7969; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 4
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 5
לַמֶּ֣לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the 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 Kings 12:6 word 6
יְהוֹאָ֑שׁye.ho.'AshJehoash
Lemma: יְהוֹאָשׁ (ye.ho.ash) · Strong's: H3060G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jehoash
Used 7 times. Also: 2 Kings 11:21, 2 Kings 12:1, 2 Kings 12:2, 2 Kings 12:4, 2 Kings 12:7, 2 Kings 12:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3060G; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 7
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 8
חִזְּק֥וּchi.ze.Kuthey had repaired
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpp3cp)
Meaning: to strengthen: strengthen
Used 201 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 47:20, Genesis 48:2, Exodus 4:21, Exodus 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388G; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 9
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 10
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 Kings 12:6 word 11
בֶּ֥דֶקBe.dek[the] damage of
Lemma: בֶּ֫דֶק (be.deq) · Strong's: H0919
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: breach
Used 10 times. Also: 2 Kings 12:5, 2 Kings 12:7, 2 Kings 12:8, 2 Kings 12:12, 2 Kings 22:5, Ezekiel 27:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0919; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 12
הַבָּֽיִת\׃ha.Ba.yitthe house
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 2 Kings 12:6 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| By the twenty-third | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| . . . | → | שָׁלֹשׁ H7969 three |
| . . . | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| year | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
| of the reign | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Joash | → | יְהוֹאָשׁ H3060G Jehoash |
| however | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| the priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| had not yet | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| repaired | → | חָזַק H2388G to strengthen: strengthen |
| the damage | → | בֶּ֫דֶק H0919 breach |
| to the temple | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
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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