The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 9:9 Explained

2 Chronicles 9:9

KJV: And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.

YLT: And she giveth to the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stone; and there hath not been any such spice as the queen of Sheba hath given to king Solomon.

Darby: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones; neither was there any such spice as that which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

ASV: And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And she gave  the king  an hundred  and twenty  talents  of gold,  and of spices  great  abundance,  and precious  stones:  neither was there any such spice  as the queen  of Sheba  gave  king  Solomon. 

What does 2 Chronicles 9:9 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 9:9 mean?

And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold and spices in abundance great and stones precious and never there were such as any spice that which gave the queen of Sheba to King Solomon
וַתִּתֵּ֨ן לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים ׀ כִּכַּ֣ר זָהָ֗ב וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים לָרֹ֥ב מְאֹ֖ד וְאֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֑ה וְלֹ֤א הָיָה֙ כַּבֹּ֣שֶׂם הַה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־ נָתְנָ֥ה מַֽלְכַּת־ שְׁבָ֖א לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה

וַתִּתֵּ֨ן  And  she  gave 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַמֶּ֜לֶךְ  the  king 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
מֵאָ֥ה  a  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים ׀  and  twenty 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
כִּכַּ֣ר  talents 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: כִּכָּר  
Sense: round.
זָהָ֗ב  of  gold 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זָהָב  
Sense: gold.
וּבְשָׂמִ֛ים  and  spices 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בֹּשֶׂם  
Sense: spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume.
לָרֹ֥ב  in  abundance 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
מְאֹ֖ד  great 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מְאֹד  
Sense: exceedingly, much subst.
וְאֶ֣בֶן  and  stones 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶבֶן  
Sense: stone (large or small).
יְקָרָ֑ה  precious 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular
Root: יְקִפָּאֹון 
Sense: valuable, prized, weighty, precious, rare, splendid.
וְלֹ֤א  and  never 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
הָיָה֙  there  were 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כַּבֹּ֣שֶׂם  such  as  any  spice 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּשֶׂם  
Sense: spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume.
הַה֔וּא  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
נָתְנָ֥ה  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מַֽלְכַּת־  the  queen 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַלְכָּה  
Sense: queen.
שְׁבָ֖א  of  Sheba 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁבָא  
Sense: son of Joktan and a descendant of Seth.
לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ  to  King 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
שְׁלֹמֹֽה  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.