The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 25:6 Explained

2 Chronicles 25:6

KJV: He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

YLT: And he hireth out of Israel a hundred thousand mighty ones of valour, with a hundred talents of silver;

Darby: He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

ASV: He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He hired  also an hundred  thousand  mighty  men of valour  out of Israel  for an hundred  talents  of silver. 

What does 2 Chronicles 25:6 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 25:6 mean?

And He hired from Israel a hundred thousand mighty men of valor for a hundred talents of silver
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵ֥אָה אֶ֛לֶף גִּבּ֥וֹר חָ֖יִל בְּמֵאָ֥ה כִכַּר־ כָּֽסֶף

וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר  And  He  hired 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָכַר  
Sense: to hire.
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  from  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-m, 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.
מֵ֥אָה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
אֶ֛לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
גִּבּ֥וֹר  mighty  men  of 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: גִּבֹּור  
Sense: strong, mighty.
חָ֖יִל  valor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חַיִל 
Sense: strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army.
בְּמֵאָ֥ה  for  a  hundred 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
כִכַּר־  talents 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
כָּֽסֶף  of  silver 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.

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