The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 31:18 Explained

2 Chronicles 31:18

KJV: And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:

YLT: and to the genealogy among all their infants, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters to all the congregation, for in their faithfulness they sanctify themselves in holiness.

Darby: and to all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, the whole congregation of those entered in the register; for in their trust they hallowed themselves to be holy.

ASV: and them that were reckoned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And to the genealogy  of all their little ones,  their wives,  and their sons,  and their daughters,  through all the congregation:  for in their set office  they sanctified  themselves in holiness: 

What does 2 Chronicles 31:18 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Chronicles 31:11-21 - Order And Prosperity
There are several noticeable expressions in this paragraph. We are told that they brought in the dedicated things faithfully, 2 Chronicles 31:12; and that the small as well as the great received their share, even as the daily portion of each required, 2 Chronicles 31:16, r.v. margin; also that the priests sanctified themselves in holiness, 2 Chronicles 31:18, as though touched and quickened by the generous gifts of the people. And in consequence of their entire devotion to the service of the sanctuary, adequate provision was made for their wives and children; while officers were appointed to distribute equal ration to all in the cities of the priests, who, from age or other reasons, were not able to serve in the Temple.
The closing expression about Hezekiah, that he began nothing into which he did not put his heart and that God placed the crown of prosperity on him and his work, presents a striking contrast to the tale of disaster in the reign of Ahaz, and is an incentive to all of us to go and do likewise. See Romans 12:11. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 31

1  The people go forward in destroying idolatry
2  Hezekiah orders the courses of the priests and Levites,
4  and provides for their work and maintenance
5  The people's forwardness in offerings and tithes
11  Hezekiah appoints officers to dispose of the tithes
20  The sincerity of Hezekiah

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 31:18 mean?

and to who were written in the genealogy all their little ones and their wives and their sons and daughters the whole company of them for in their faithfulness they sanctified themselves in holiness
וּלְהִתְיַחֵ֗שׂ בְּכָל־ טַפָּ֧ם נְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם לְכָל־ קָהָ֑ל כִּ֥י בֶאֱמוּנָתָ֖ם יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ־ קֹֽדֶשׁ

וּלְהִתְיַחֵ֗שׂ  and  to  who  were  written  in  the  genealogy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hitpael, Infinitive construct
Root: הִתְיַחֵשׂ 
Sense: genealogy.
טַפָּ֧ם  their  little  ones 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: טַף 
Sense: children, little children, little ones.
נְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם  and  their  wives 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם  and  their  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
וּבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם  and  daughters 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
לְכָל־  the  whole 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
קָהָ֑ל  company  of  them 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָהָל  
Sense: assembly, company, congregation, convocation.
בֶאֱמוּנָתָ֖ם  in  their  faithfulness 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֱמוּנָה  
Sense: firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness.
יִתְקַדְּשׁוּ־  they  sanctified  themselves 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָדַשׁ  
Sense: to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate, be hallowed, be holy, be sanctified, be separate.
קֹֽדֶשׁ  in  holiness 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.

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