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2 Chronicles 5:1-14

(5:1)

(be complete, sound”, Piel “complete, finish; make safe; make whole (or“ = ׁשלם

good, restore; make good (pay); requite, recompense, reward” under BDB 1022a.

Ph שלם. Arb salima = “be safe, secure, free from fault”. Akk šalāmu = “be

complete, unharmed, be paid”.

.occupation, work” under BDB 521b“ = ְמָלאָכה

י ֵׁ֣ ”?A little difficult to see how this is being used here. “Holy things - ָקְדׁש

.article, utensil, vessel” under BDB 479a. Common noun. Learn it now“ = ְכִלי

.treasure, store, treasury, storehouse” under BDB 69b“ = אֹוָצר

־עׂשה1

־כל־2

(5:2)

.under BDB 874b. Denominative. Here Hiphil (קהל assemble” (as a“ = קהל

ןָזקֵ = “old” under BDB 278b. Common adjective. Learn it now.3

ה staff, rod, shaft; branch; tribe” (here = “supply”?) under BDB 641b. Root“ = ַמטֶּ

.נטה

.נׂשא one lifted up, ie a chief prince" under BDB 672a. Root" = ָנִׂשיא

.chest, ark” under BDB 75a“ = ֲארֹון

(5:3)

1 “Several manuscripts add המלְך as 1 Kings 7:51”. Probably not original then (harmonizing).

2 “Several manuscripts, Septuagint omit and 1 Kings”.

3 “A few manuscripts, Septuagint

L, Syriac add כל”.

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Arb .ַחָגא festival-gathering, feast, pilgrim-feast” under BDB 290b. Arm“ = ַחג

ḥajju(n) “pilgrimage”. Sab חג.

יׂשראל4

(5:4)

-tent” under BDB 13b. Akk âlu “settlement, city”. Arb ʾahl “fellow“ = ֹאֶהל

dwellers, family”. Sab אהל. Sab and Ph PN אהליאב. Root אהל I = “settle down(?)”.

ד appointed time, place” under BDB 417a. How can you find what root this“ = מֹוע

is under in BDB? מ־ is probably a noun preformative. That leaves ועד. Remember

that many 1stverbs were originally 1 י

st .came from ו so maybe that is where the ו

הלוּים5

(5:5)

העלוֵאתםֵהכהניםֵהלוים6

(5:6)

ָדה .congregation” under BDB 417a“ = ע

.Niphal “gather, meet by appointment” under BDB 416b = יעד

.Akk zibû. Arb ḏabaḥa .זבח slaughter for sacrifice” under BDB 256b. Ph“ = זבח

Sab דבח. Arm ְדַבח. Here Piel.

.small cattle, sheep and goats, flock, flocks” under BDB 838a“ = צֹאן

.cattle, herd, ox” under BDB 133a“ = ָבָקר

.”Piel “recount, relate” under BDB 707b. Here Qal “count; number = ספר

4 “Syriac adds bjrḥ dʾbʾ compare 1 Kings 8:2”. Okay we are going to see a lot of “compare 1

Kings 8”. 5 “Septuagint pr πάντες; read 1 Kings 8:3 הכהנים also Syriac”.

6 “Addition”. Oh?

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(count, number, reckon, assign” under BDB 584a. Akk manû. Arb mana(y“ = מנה

“assign, apportion”.

(5:7)

Compare 1 Kings 8:6 et passim.

hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon, holy of“ = ְדִביר

holies, most holy place” under BDB 184a. Arb duburu(n) = “back”. Root (?) ברד =

“speak”.

.wing, extremity” under BDB 489a“ = ָכָנף

.cherub” under BDB 500b“ = ְכרּוב

הקדׁשים7

(5:8)

.”spread out, spread" under BDB 831a. Arb faraša. Akk parāšu “fly" = פרׂש

.Piel “cover” under BDB 491a = כסה8

II = “separation, (concrete) part” under BDB 94b. With suffix expresses idea of ַבד

“by oneself, alone”. Root בדד I = “be separated, isolated”. Here used to express

something like “poles”.

(5:9)

.be long (usually time)” under BDB 73b. Here Hiphil“ = ארְך

.the outside (especially streets)” under BDB 299b“ = חּוץ

ה ֶּֽ ֹוםֵַהזֶּ דֵַהּיּ֥ םֵַעַ֖ ְַֽיִהי־ָׁשָׁ֔ ?Okay. Which day? When was this composed - ַוֶּֽ

ןוראה9

7 “Thus Leningrad Codex, many manuscript, editions ׳ That might be more correct but then .”הקֳּ

again the vowel system is basically how Hebrew was pronounced by the time of the Masoretes. 8 “1 Kings 8:7 has וּיֹסּכּו”. Huh.

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־יהיו10

(5:10)

only, altogether, surely” (adverb) under BDB 956a. We have seen this“ = ַרק

before. Time to learn this.

.(Arb lawḥu(n .לּוָחא tablet, board or plank, plate” under BDB 531b. Arm“ = לּוחֵַ

Akk liʾû (as if from לחה). Root לוח = (perhaps) “shine, gleam, flash; wipe out,

efface”.

ב ֵ֑ הְֵבֹחר ַ֖ ןֵֹמׁשֶּ ר־ָנַתּ֥ is used to express “put, place”. Is that throughout נתן Note how - ֲאׁשֶּ

the Hebrew Bible?

ןתנ־11

ברחב12

(5:11)

(be set apart, consecrated”, Hiphil “set apart, devote, consecrate; regard (or“ = קדׁש

treat, as sacred, hallow; consecrate”, Hitpael “keep oneself apart (from unclean

things); (of God) caused himself to be hallowed; be observed as holy; consecrate

oneself” under BDB 872b.

ת division, course; (technical term of organization of priests and Levits“ = ַמֲחֹלקֶּ

(late)” under BDB 324b. Root חלק = “divide, share”.13

(5:12)

םּיולהו14

.sing” (denominative?), Polel “sing” under BDB 1010b“ = ִׁשיר

9 “Read with a few manuscripts, Septuagint and 1 Kings 8:8 ׁשדֵֹקה ”.

10 “Several manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac, Targum and 1 Kings 8 ויהּיו ”.

11 “Insert with 1 Kings 8:9 ֵָםׁש (haplography) also Syriac, Targum”.

12 “Thus with 1 Kings (but ibi exc ֵתירבהֵתוחל compare Septuagint)”.

13 “Read with two manuscripts ֵַ׳ּמל ”.

14 “Syriac omits v 12:13”. ?

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.”put on, wear, clothe, be clothed” under BDB 527b. Here Pual so “clothed“ = לבׁש

ץ .”Eg hbos = “clothe .בוץ Arm .בוץ byssus” (late) under BDB 101a. Ph“ = בּוץ ב

ְלְצִלים cymbals” under BDB 853a. Apparently later equivalent of“ = ְמִצלַתִים Root .צֶּ

.”I = “tingle, quiver צלל

ל II = “a musical instrument, either a portable harp, or a lute, guitar (with bulging נ בֶּ

resonance-body as lower end)” under BDB 614a. Root נבל = (meaning dubious).

Arb kināru(n). Eg kn-an-aul. Greek .ִכָּנָרא lyre” under BDB 490a. Arm“ = ִכּנֹור

κινυρα. Very common in the Psalms. Learn it now.

.place of sunrise, east” under BDB 280b“ = ִמְזַרח15

Piel “play on a clarion”, Hiphil “sound with clarions” under BDB = (חצר ktib) חצצר

348b. Root חצר IV = “(meaning unknown perhaps onomatopoeia)”. Wait. How

does one conjugate חצצר Piel?16

(5:13)

Sheesh. This verse is rather convoluted.

םירצצחמל17

II “be boastful”, Piel “praise” under BDB 237b. Arb halla “shout” (in joy = הלל

and terror). Akk alālu “shout for joy, rejoice”..

.throw, cast”, Hiphil “give thanks, laud, praise” under BDB 392a“ = ידה

.be high, exalted, rise”, Polel “raise, exalt” under BDB 926b“ = רום

.cloud-mass, cloud” under BDB 777b“ = ָעָנן

הוהיֵתיב18

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“Septuagint* κατέπαντι”. 16

Qre םירצחמ . “Ktib prb lapsus calami pro םירצצחמ compare 1 Chronicles 15:24a”.

17 “Compare 1 Chronicles 15:24

a”.

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(5:14)

.be able, have power” under BDB 407a“ = יכל

Piel “minister, serve” under BDB 1058a. I have vivid memories of visiting = ׁשרת

my friend Leah (who lived in Young Israel House at Cornell University) and

enjoying Shabbat dinner on Friday evening. She and her housemates (after

knocking back some schnapps) would loudly sing Shalom aleikhem

malakhei ha-sharet “Peace to you ministering angels”. This is the song

although trust me when I say my friends sang it with much more gusto.

.be full, fill” under BDB 569b. Above Piel“ = מלא

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“Septuagint (SeptuagintL καὶ) δόξης compare verse 14; ׳יֵ׳ב addition”. Oh?

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