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2 Chronicles 34:12

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← 2 Chronicles 34:11	2 Chronicles 34:12 (KJV)	2 Chronicles 34:13 →
Even to the artificers and builders gave they [it], to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.	And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.	Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the men^H582 did^H6213 the work^H4399 faithfully^H530: and the overseers^H5329 of them were Jahath^H3189 and Obadiah^H5662, the Levites^H3881, of the sons^H1121 of Merari^H4847; and Zechariah^H2148 and Meshullam^H4918, of the sons of the Kohathites^H6956, to set it forward^H6485; and other of the Levites^H3881, all that could skill^H995 of instruments^H3627 of musick^H7892.

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Original Hebrew

וְהָאֲנָשִׁים עֹשִׂים בֶּאֱמוּנָה בַּמְּלָאכָה וַעֲלֵיהֶם ׀ מֻפְקָדִים יַחַת וְעֹבַדְיָהוּ הַלְוִיִּם מִן־בְּנֵי מְרָרִי וּזְכַרְיָה וּמְשֻׁלָּם מִן־בְּנֵי הַקְּהָתִים לְנַצֵּחַ וְהַלְוִיִּם כָּל־מֵבִין בִּכְלֵי־שִׁיר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/הָ/אֲנָשִׁים֩	ve./ha./'a.na.Shim	H376	HC/Td/Ncmpa	and/ the/ men
עֹשִׂ֨ים	'o.Sim	H6213	HVqrmpa	(were) working
בֶּ/אֱמוּנָ֜ה	be./'e.mu.Nah	H530	HR/Ncfsa	in/ faithfulness
בַּ/מְּלָאכָ֗ה	ba./me.la.Khah	H4399	HRd/Ncfsa	in the/ work
וַ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֣ם	va./'a.lei./Hem	H5921	HC/R/Sp3mp	and/ over/ them
מֻ֠פְקָדִים	Muf.ka.dim	H6485	HVHsmpa	(were) appointed
יַ֣חַת	Ya.chat	H3189	HNp	Jahath
וְ/עֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ	ve./'oad.Ya.hu	H5662	HC/Np	and/ Obadiah
הַ/לְוִיִּם֙	ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Levites
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	of
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) descendants of
מְרָרִ֔י	me.ra.Ri	H4847	HNp	Merari
וּ/זְכַרְיָ֧ה	u./ze.khar.Yah	H2148	HC/Np	and/ Zechariah
וּ/מְשֻׁלָּ֛ם	u./me.shu.Lam	H4918	HC/Np	and/ Meshullam
מִן	min-	H4480	HR	of
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	H1121	HNcmpc	(the) descendants of
הַ/קְּהָתִ֖ים	ha./ke.ha.Tim	H6956	HTd/Ngmpa	the/ Kohathites
לְ/נַצֵּ֑חַ	le./na.Tze.ach	H5329	HR/Vpc	to/ act as overseers
וְ/הַ֨/לְוִיִּ֔ם	ve./Ha/l.vi.Yim	H3881	HC/Td/Ngmpa	and/ the/ Levites
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
מֵבִ֖ין	me.Vin	H995	HVhrmsa	(one who) was skilled
בִּ/כְלֵי	bi/kh.lei-	H3627	HR/Ncmpc	in/ instruments of
שִֽׁיר	Shir	H7892	HNcbsa	song

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H530 — אֱמוּנָה (ʼĕmûwnâh, em-oo-naw'): or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of אֵמוּן; literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity; faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
• H582 — אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh, en-oshe'): from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.
• H995 — בִּין (bîyn, bene): a primitive root; to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand; attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• H2148 — זְכַרְיָה (Zᵉkaryâh, zek-ar-yaw'): or זְכַרְיָהוּ; from זָכַר and יָהּ; Jah has remembered; Zecarjah, the name of twenty-nine Israelites; Zachariah, Zechariah.
• H3189 — יַחַת (Yachath, yakh'-ath): from יָחַד; unity; Jachath, the name of four Israelites; Jahath.
• H3627 — כְּלִי (kᵉlîy, kel-ee'): from כָּלָה; something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon); armour(-bearer), artillery, bag, carriage, [phrase] furnish, furniture, instrument, jewel, that is made of, [idiom] one from another, that which pertaineth, pot, [phrase] psaltery, sack, stuff, thing, tool, vessel, ware, weapon, [phrase] whatsoever.
• H3881 — לֵוִיִּי (Lêvîyîy, lay-vee-ee'): or לֵוִי; patronymically from לֵוִי; a Levite or descendant of Levi; Leviite.
• H4399 — מְלָאכָה (mᵉlâʼkâh, mel-aw-kaw'): from the same as מֲלְאָךְ; properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor); business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).
• H4847 — מְרָרִי (Mᵉrârîy, mer-aw-ree'): from מָרַר; bitter; Merari, an Israelite; Merari. See also מְרָרִי.
• H4918 — מְשֻׁלָּם (Mᵉshullâm, mesh-ool-lawm'): from שָׁלַם; allied; Meshullam, the name of seventeen Israelites; Meshullam.
• H5329 — נָצַח (nâtsach, naw-tsakh'): a primitive root; also as denominative from נֶצַח; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); to be permanent; excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
• H5662 — עֹבַדְיָה (ʻÔbadyâh, o-bad-yaw'): or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of עָבַד and יָהּ; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites; Obadiah.
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H6485 — פָּקַד (pâqad, paw-kad'): a primitive root; to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.; appoint, [idiom] at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, [idiom] by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, [idiom] surely, visit, want.
• H6956 — קֳהָתִי (Qŏhâthîy, ko-haw-thee'): patronymically from קְהָת; a Kohathite (collectively) or descendants of Kehath; Kohathites.
• H7892 — שִׁיר (shîyr, sheer): or feminine שִׁירָה; from שִׁיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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