The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 7:4 Explained

2 Chronicles 7:4

KJV: Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

YLT: And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah,

Darby: And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

ASV: Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then the king  and all the people  offered  sacrifices  before  the LORD. 

What does 2 Chronicles 7:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 7

1  God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven,
2  and glory in the temple, the people worship him
4  Solomon's solemn sacrifice
8  Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people
12  God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 7:4 mean?

And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Yahweh -
וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְכָל־ הָעָ֑ם זֹבְחִ֥ים זֶ֖בַח לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה ס

וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ  And  the  king 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָעָ֑ם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
זֹבְחִ֥ים  offered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: זָבַח  
Sense: to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice.
זֶ֖בַח  sacrifices 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
לִפְנֵ֥י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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