The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 1:12 Explained

2 Chronicles 1:12

KJV: Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.

YLT: the wisdom and the knowledge is given to thee, and riches and wealth and honour I give to thee, that there hath not been so to the kings who are before thee, and after thee it is not so.'

Darby: wisdom and knowledge are granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches and wealth and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall any after thee have the like.

ASV: wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee; neither shall there any after thee have the like.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Wisdom  and knowledge  [is] granted  unto thee; and I will give  thee riches,  and wealth,  and honour,  such as none of the kings  have had that [have been] before  thee, neither shall there any after  thee have the like. 

What does 2 Chronicles 1:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 1

1  The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon
7  Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God
13  Solomon's forces and wealth

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 1:12 mean?

Wisdom and knowledge [are] granted to you and riches and wealth and honor I will give you such as none have had such as of the kings that who [were] before you and any after you nor shall have the like
הַֽחָכְמָ֥ה וְהַמַּדָּ֖ע נָת֣וּן לָ֑ךְ וְעֹ֨שֶׁר וּנְכָסִ֤ים וְכָבוֹד֙ אֶתֶּן־ לָ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ לֹא־ הָ֣יָה כֵ֗ן לַמְּלָכִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ לֹ֥א יִֽהְיֶה־ כֵּֽן

הַֽחָכְמָ֥ה  Wisdom 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
וְהַמַּדָּ֖ע  and  knowledge 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַדָּע  
Sense: knowledge, thought.
נָת֣וּן  [are]  granted 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לָ֑ךְ  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person feminine singular
וְעֹ֨שֶׁר  and  riches 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹשֶׁר  
Sense: wealth, riches.
וּנְכָסִ֤ים  and  wealth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: נְכָסִים  
Sense: riches, treasures.
וְכָבוֹד֙  and  honor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּבֹוד  
Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.
אֶתֶּן־  I  will  give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀  such  as 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לֹא־  none 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
הָ֣יָה  have  had 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כֵ֗ן  such  as 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
לַמְּלָכִים֙  of  the  kings 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לְפָנֶ֔יךָ  who  [were]  before  you 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וְאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ  and  any  after  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine singular
Root: אַחַר 
Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
לֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יִֽהְיֶה־  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כֵּֽן  the  like 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.