The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 8:12 Explained

2 Chronicles 8:12

KJV: Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

YLT: Then hath Solomon caused to ascend burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah that he built before the porch,

Darby: Then Solomon offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch;

ASV: Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Solomon  offered  burnt offerings  unto the LORD  on the altar  of the LORD,  which he had built  before  the porch, 

What does 2 Chronicles 8:12 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 8

1  Solomon's buildings
7  The remaining Canaanites, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers
11  Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
12  Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
14  He appoints the priests and Levites to their places
17  The navy fetches gold from Ophir

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 8:12 mean?

Then offered Solomon burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh which he had built before the vestibule
אָ֣ז הֶעֱלָ֧ה שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה עֹל֖וֹת לַיהוָ֑ה עַ֚ל מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הָאוּלָֽם

הֶעֱלָ֧ה  offered 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
שְׁלֹמֹ֛ה  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
עֹל֖וֹת  burnt  offerings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לַיהוָ֑ה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מִזְבַּ֣ח  the  altar 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מִזְבֵּחַ  
Sense: altar.
יְהוָ֔ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בָּנָ֖ה  he  had  built 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָאוּלָֽם  the  vestibule 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אוּלָם  
Sense: porch.