The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 25:12 Explained

2 Chronicles 25:12

KJV: And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.

YLT: And ten thousand alive have the sons of Judah taken captive, and they bring them to the top of the rock, and cast them from the top of the rock, and all of them have been broken.

Darby: And the children of Judah took ten thousand captive, alive, and brought them to the top of the cliff, and cast them down from the top of the cliff, so that they all were broken in pieces.

ASV: And other ten thousand did the children of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, so that they all were broken in pieces.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [other] ten  thousand  [left] alive  did the children  of Judah  carry away captive,  and brought  them unto the top  of the rock,  and cast them down  from the top  of the rock,  that they all were broken in pieces. 

What does 2 Chronicles 25:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 25

1  Amaziah begins to reign well
3  He executes justice on the traitors
5  having hired an army of Israelites against the Edomites,
7  at the word of a prophet dismisses them
11  He overthrows the Edomites
13  The Israelites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as they return home
14  Amaziah, proud of his victory, serves the gods of Edom, and ignores the prophet
17  He provokes Joash to his overthrow
25  His reign
27  He is slain by conspiracy

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 25:12 mean?

And ten thousand alive took captive the sons of Judah and brought them to the top of the rock and cast them down from the top of the rock so that they all were dashed in pieces -
וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים חַיִּ֗ים שָׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיְבִיא֖וּם לְרֹ֣אשׁ הַסָּ֑לַע וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם מֵֽרֹאשׁ־ הַסֶּ֖לַע וְכֻלָּ֥ם נִבְקָֽעוּ ס

וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת  And  ten 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, masculine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
אֲלָפִ֜ים  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
חַיִּ֗ים  alive 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
שָׁבוּ֙  took  captive 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: שָׁבָה  
Sense: to take captive.
בְּנֵ֣י  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֔ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
וַיְבִיא֖וּם  and  brought  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לְרֹ֣אשׁ  to  the  top 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַסָּ֑לַע  of  the  rock 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֶלַע  
Sense: crag, cliff, rock.
וַיַּשְׁלִיכ֛וּם  and  cast  them  down 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁלַךְ  
Sense: to throw, cast, hurl, fling.
מֵֽרֹאשׁ־  from  the  top 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַסֶּ֖לַע  of  the  rock 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֶלַע  
Sense: crag, cliff, rock.
וְכֻלָּ֥ם  so  that  they  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נִבְקָֽעוּ  were  dashed  in  pieces 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בָּקַע  
Sense: to split, cleave, break open, divide, break through, rip up, break up, tear.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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