The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 18:15 Explained

2 Chronicles 18:15

KJV: And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

YLT: And the king saith unto him, 'How many times am I adjuring thee, that thou speak unto me only truth in the name of Jehovah?'

Darby: And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but truth in the name of Jehovah?

ASV: And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of Jehovah?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the king  said  to him, How many times  shall I adjure  thee that thou say  nothing but the truth  to me in the name  of the LORD? 

What does 2 Chronicles 18:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 18

1  Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded to go against Ramoth Gilead
4  Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word of Micaiah, is slain there

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 18:15 mean?

So said to him the king how how many times I shall make you swear that nothing you tell me but the truth in the name of Yahweh
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַד־ כַּמֶּ֥ה פְעָמִ֖ים אֲנִ֣י מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָ אֲ֠שֶׁר לֹֽא־ תְדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֛י רַק־ אֱמֶ֖ת בְּשֵׁ֥ם ؟ יְהוָֽה

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר  So  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֵלָיו֙  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
עַד־  how 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
כַּמֶּ֥ה  how  many 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
פְעָמִ֖ים  times 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: פַּעַם  
Sense: stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence.
מַשְׁבִּיעֶ֑ךָ  shall  make  you  swear 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבַע  
Sense: to swear, adjure.
אֲ֠שֶׁר  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
לֹֽא־  nothing 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תְדַבֵּ֥ר  you  tell 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
אֵלַ֛י  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
אֱמֶ֖ת  the  truth 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֱמֶת  
Sense: firmness, faithfulness, truth.
בְּשֵׁ֥ם  in  the  name 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
؟ יְהוָֽה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.

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