The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 9:21 Explained

2 Chronicles 9:21

KJV: For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

YLT: for ships of the king are going to Tarshish, with servants of Huram: once in three years come do the ships of Tarshish bearing gold, and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

Darby: For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: once in three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

ASV: For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the king's  ships  went  to Tarshish  with the servants  of Huram:  every three  years  once  came  the ships  of Tarshish  bringing  gold,  and silver,  ivory,  and apes,  and peacocks. 

What does 2 Chronicles 9:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 9

1  The queen of sheba admires the wisdom of Solomon
13  Solomon's revenue in gold
15  His targets and shields
17  The throne of ivory
20  His vessels
23  His presents
25  His chariots and horse
26  His tributes
29  His reign and death

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 9:21 mean?

For ships the king's went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram once for [every] three years came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold and silver ivory and apes and monkeys -
כִּֽי־ אֳנִיּ֤וֹת לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הֹלְכ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֣י חוּרָ֑ם אַחַת֩ לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ שָׁנִ֜ים תָּב֣וֹאנָה ׀ אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֔סֶף שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים וְקוֹפִ֖ים וְתוּכִּיִּֽים פ

אֳנִיּ֤וֹת  ships 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֳנִיָּה  
Sense: ship.
לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙  the  king's 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הֹלְכ֣וֹת  went 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ  to  Tarshish 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ 
Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee.
עַבְדֵ֣י  the  servants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
חוּרָ֑ם  of  Hiram 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חוּרָם 
Sense: son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin.
אַחַת֩  once 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
לְשָׁל֨וֹשׁ  for  [every]  three 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
שָׁנִ֜ים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
תָּב֣וֹאנָה ׀  came 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
אֳנִיּ֣וֹת  the  ships 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֳנִיָּה  
Sense: ship.
תַּרְשִׁ֗ישׁ  of  Tarshish 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: תַּרְשִׁישׁ 
Sense: son of Javan. 2 a Benjamite, son of Bilhan. 3 one of the wise men close to king Ahasuerus of Persia. 4 a city of the Phoenicians in a distant part of the Mediterranean Sea to which the prophet Jonah was trying to flee.
נֹֽשְׂאוֹת֙  bringing 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine plural
Root: נָשָׂא  
Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
זָהָ֣ב  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
וָכֶ֔סֶף  and  silver 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
שֶׁנְהַבִּ֥ים  ivory 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: הַב 
Sense: ivory.
וְקוֹפִ֖ים  and  apes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹוף  
Sense: ape.
וְתוּכִּיִּֽים  and  monkeys 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: תֻּכִּיִּים  
Sense: peacock, baboon, ape.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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