The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 8:17 Explained

2 Chronicles 8:17

KJV: Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom.

YLT: Then hath Solomon gone to Ezion-Geber, and unto Elath, on the border of the sea, in the land of Edom;

Darby: Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

ASV: Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, and to Eloth, on the seashore in the land of Edom.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then went  Solomon  to Eziongeber,  and to Eloth,  at the sea  side  in the land  of Edom. 

What does 2 Chronicles 8:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 8

1  Solomon's buildings
7  The remaining Canaanites, Solomon makes tributaries, but the Israelites rulers
11  Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house
12  Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices
14  He appoints the priests and Levites to their places
17  The navy fetches gold from Ophir

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 8:17 mean?

Then went Solomon to Ezion Geber and Elath on side the seacoast in the land of Edom
אָז֩ הָלַ֨ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה לְעֶצְיֽוֹן־ גֶּ֧בֶר וְאֶל־ אֵיל֛וֹת עַל־ שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֽוֹם

הָלַ֨ךְ  went 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה  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.
גֶּ֧בֶר  Ezion  Geber 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶצְיׄון גֶּבֶר  
Sense: the last station during the exodus of the Israelites before they came to the wilderness of Zin; located near Elath at the head of the Gulf of Akaba.
אֵיל֛וֹת  Elath 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֵילֹות 
Sense: a port on the north-east arm of the Red Sea.
שְׂפַ֥ת  side 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
הַיָּ֖ם  the  seacoast 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יָם  
Sense: sea.
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ  in  the  land 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אֱדֽוֹם  of  Edom 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱדֹום 
Sense: Edom.