The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 25:18 Explained

2 Chronicles 25:18

KJV: And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.

YLT: Come, we look one another in the face.' And Joash king of Israel sendeth unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 'The thorn that is in Lebanon hath sent unto the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife; and pass by doth a beast of the field that is in Lebanon, and treadeth down the thorn.

Darby: And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.

ASV: And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joash  king  of Israel  sent  to Amaziah  king  of Judah,  saying,  The thistle  that [was] in Lebanon  sent  to the cedar  that [was] in Lebanon,  saying,  Give  thy daughter  to my son  to wife:  and there passed by  a wild  beast  that [was] in Lebanon,  and trode down  the thistle. 

What does 2 Chronicles 25:18 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 25:18 mean?

And sent Joash king of Israel to Amaziah of Judah saying the thistle that [was] in Lebanon sent the cedar that was in Lebanon saying Give - your daughter to my son as wife and passed by a beast wild in Lebanon and trampled the thistle
וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח יוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־ אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן שָׁ֠לַח הָאֶ֜רֶז אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽה־ אֶת־ בִּתְּךָ֥ לִבְנִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס הַחֽוֹחַ

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח  And  sent 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
יוֹאָ֣שׁ  Joash 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄואָשׁ  
Sense: son of king Ahaziah and the 8th king of Judah.
מֶֽלֶךְ־  king 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ  Amaziah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲמַצְיָה 
Sense: a king of Judah, son Joash, father of Azariah.
יְהוּדָה֮  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
לֵאמֹר֒  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הַח֜וֹחַ  the  thistle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹוחַ  
Sense: thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket.
אֲשֶׁ֣ר  that  [was] 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן  in  Lebanon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
שָׁ֠לַח  sent 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
הָאֶ֜רֶז  the  cedar 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֶרֶז  
Sense: cedar.
אֲשֶׁ֤ר  that  was 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙  in  Lebanon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
לֵאמֹ֔ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
תְּנָֽה־  Give 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
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.
בִּתְּךָ֥  your  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
לִבְנִ֖י  to  my  son 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה  as  wife 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר  and  passed  by 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
חַיַּ֤ת  a  beast 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
הַשָּׂדֶה֙  wild 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן  in  Lebanon 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס  and  trampled 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָמַס  
Sense: to trample.
הַחֽוֹחַ  the  thistle 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֹוחַ  
Sense: thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket.

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