The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 1:2 Explained

2 Chronicles 1:2

KJV: Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

YLT: And Solomon saith to all Israel, to heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and to judges, and to every honourable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers,

Darby: And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to all the princes of all Israel, the chief fathers;

ASV: And Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers houses .

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Solomon  spake  unto all Israel,  to the captains  of thousands  and of hundreds,  and to the judges,  and to every governor  in all Israel,  the chief  of the fathers. 

What does 2 Chronicles 1:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 1

1  The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon
7  Solomon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God
13  Solomon's forces and wealth

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 1:2 mean?

And spoke Solomon to all Israel to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all the heads of the fathers' [houses]
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה לְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל לְשָׂרֵי֩ הָאֲלָפִ֨ים וְהַמֵּא֜וֹת וְלַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים וּלְכֹ֛ל נָשִׂ֥יא לְכָל־ רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָבֽוֹת

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר  And  spoke 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה  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.
לְכָל־  to  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל  Israel 
Parse: 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.
לְשָׂרֵי֩  to  the  captains 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: סָרַר 
Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain.
הָאֲלָפִ֨ים  of  thousands 
Parse: Article, Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְהַמֵּא֜וֹת  and  of  hundreds 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Number, feminine plural
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וְלַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים  and  to  the  judges 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁפַט  
Sense: to judge, govern, vindicate, punish.
וּלְכֹ֛ל  and  to  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נָשִׂ֥יא  leader 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
לְכָל־  in  all 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
רָאשֵׁ֥י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הָאָבֽוֹת  of  the  fathers'  [houses] 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.