The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 1:16 Explained

2 Chronicles 1:16

KJV: And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.

YLT: And the source of the horses that are to Solomon is from Egypt and from Keva; merchants of the king from Keva take at a price,

Darby: And the exportation of horses that Solomon had was from Egypt: a caravan of the king's merchants fetched a drove of horses, at a price.

ASV: And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Solomon  had horses  brought  out of Egypt,  and linen yarn:  the king's  merchants  received  the linen yarn  at a price. 

What does 2 Chronicles 1:16 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 1:16 mean?

And had imported horses which Solomon from Egypt and Keveh merchants of the king in Keveh bought them at the [current] price
וּמוֹצָ֧א הַסּוּסִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וּמִקְוֵ֕א סֹחֲרֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מִקְוֵ֥א יִקְח֖וּ בִּמְחִֽיר

וּמוֹצָ֧א  And  had  imported 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֹוצָא  
Sense: act or place of going out or forth, issue, export, source, spring.
הַסּוּסִ֛ים  horses 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: סוּס 
Sense: swallow, swift.
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה  Solomon 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם  from  Egypt 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.
וּמִקְוֵ֕א  and  Keveh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִקְוֶה 
Sense: hope.
סֹחֲרֵ֣י  merchants 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: סָחַר  
Sense: to go around, go about, travel about in, go about in trade.
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  of  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
מִקְוֵ֥א  in  Keveh 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִקְוֶה 
Sense: hope.
יִקְח֖וּ  bought  them 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
בִּמְחִֽיר  at  the  [current]  price 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מְחִיר  
Sense: price, hire.

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