The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 2:18 Explained

2 Chronicles 2:18

KJV: And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

YLT: and he maketh of them seventy thousand burden-bearers, and eighty thousand hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers, to cause the people to work.

Darby: And he set seventy thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and eighty thousand to be stone-masons in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people to work.

ASV: And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he set  threescore and ten  thousand  of them [to be] bearers of burdens,  and fourscore  thousand  [to be] hewers  in the mountain,  and three  thousand  and six  hundred  overseers  to set  the people  a work. 

What does 2 Chronicles 2:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 2

1  Solomon's laborers for the building of the temple
3  His ambassage to Huram for workmen and provisions
11  Huram sends him a kind answer

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

And he made of them seventy thousand bearers of burdens and eighty thousand stonecutters in the mountain and three thousand and six hundred overseers to make work - the people
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ מֵהֶ֜ם שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶ֙לֶף֙ סַבָּ֔ל וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֹצֵ֣ב בָּהָ֑ר וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מֵא֔וֹת מְנַצְּחִ֖ים לְהַעֲבִ֥יד אֶת־ הָעָֽם

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ  And  he  made 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
מֵהֶ֜ם  of  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
שִׁבְעִ֥ים  seventy 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: שִׁבְעִים  
Sense: seventy.
אֶ֙לֶף֙  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
סַבָּ֔ל  bearers  of  burdens 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סַבָּל  
Sense: burden-bearer.
וּשְׁמֹנִ֥ים  and  eighty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: שְׁמֹנִים  
Sense: eighty, fourscore.
אֶ֖לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
חֹצֵ֣ב  stonecutters 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָצֵב 
Sense: to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason.
בָּהָ֑ר  in  the  mountain 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הַר  
Sense: hill, mountain, hill country, mount.
וּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת  and  three 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
אֲלָפִים֙  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ  and  six 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
מֵא֔וֹת  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
מְנַצְּחִ֖ים  overseers 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָצַח  
Sense: to excel, be bright, be preeminent, be perpetual, be overseer, be enduring.
לְהַעֲבִ֥יד  to  make  work 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: עָבַד  
Sense: to work, serve.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעָֽם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.

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