The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 16:14 Explained

2 Chronicles 16:14

KJV: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.

YLT: and they bury him in one of his graves, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that one hath filled with spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.

Darby: And they buried him in his own sepulchre, which he had excavated for himself in the city of David, and laid him in a bed filled with spices, a mixture of divers kinds prepared by the perfumer's art; and they made a very great burning for him.

ASV: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers art: and they made a very great burning for him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they buried  him in his own sepulchres,  which he had made  for himself in the city  of David,  and laid  him in the bed  which was filled  with sweet odours  and divers kinds  [of spices] prepared  by the apothecaries'  art:  and they made  a very  great  burning  for him. 

What does 2 Chronicles 16:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 16

1  Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverts Baasha from building Ramah
7  Being reproved thereof by Hanani, he puts him in prison
11  Among his other acts in his disease he seeks not to God, but to the physicians
13  His death and burial

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 16:14 mean?

And they buried him in his own tomb which he had made for himself in the City of David and they laid him in the bed was filled with spices and various ingredients prepared in ointments a mixture and they made for him a burning great even to very -
וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־ לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־ לִמְאֹֽד פ

וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ  And  they  buried  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: קָבַר  
Sense: to bury.
בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו  in  his  own  tomb 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: קֶבֶר  
Sense: grave, sepulchre, tomb.
כָּֽרָה־  he  had  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כּוּר 
Sense: to dig, excavate, dig through.
לוֹ֮  for  himself 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בְּעִ֣יר  in  the  City 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
דָּוִיד֒  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ  and  they  laid  him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.
בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙  in  the  bed 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
מִלֵּא֙  was  filled 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
בְּשָׂמִ֣ים  with  spices 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֹּשֶׂם  
Sense: spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume.
וּזְנִ֔ים  and  various  ingredients 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: זַן  
Sense: kind, sort.
מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים  prepared 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, masculine plural
Root: מִרְקַחַת  
Sense: ointment, mixture of ointment.
בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת  in  ointments 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִרְקַחַת  
Sense: ointment, mixture of ointment.
מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה  a  mixture 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַעֲשֶׂה  
Sense: deed, work.
וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־  and  they  made 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.
ל֥וֹ  for  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
שְׂרֵפָ֖ה  a  burning 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂרֵפָה  
Sense: burning.
גְּדוֹלָ֥ה  great 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: גָּבֹול 
Sense: great.
עַד־  even  to 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
לִמְאֹֽד  very 
Parse: Preposition-l, Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation