The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 8:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 8:7

KJV: As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,

YLT: All the people who are left of the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, who are not of Israel --

Darby: All the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel,

ASV: As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, that were not of Israel;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[As for] all the people  [that were] left  of the Hittites,  and the Amorites,  and the Perizzites,  and the Hivites,  and the Jebusites,  which [were] not of Israel, 

What does 2 Chronicles 8:7 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 8:7 mean?

All the people [who were] left of the Hittite and Amorite and Perizzite and Hivite and Jebusite who not of Israel were
כָּל־ הָ֠עָם הַנּוֹתָ֨ר מִן־ הַחִתִּ֜י וְהָאֱמֹרִ֤י וְהַפְּרִזִּי֙ וְהַחִוִּ֣י וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹ֥א מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽמָּה

הָ֠עָם  the  people 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
הַנּוֹתָ֨ר  [who  were]  left 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָתַר  
Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave.
הַחִתִּ֜י  the  Hittite 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִתִּי  
Sense: the nation descended from Heth, the 2nd son of Canaan; once inhabitants of central Anatolia (modern Turkey), later in north Lebanon.
וְהָאֱמֹרִ֤י  and  Amorite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֱמֹרִי  
Sense: one of the peoples of east Canaan and beyond the Jordan, dispossessed by the Israelite incursion from Egypt.
וְהַפְּרִזִּי֙  and  Perizzite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: פְּרִזִּי  
Sense: a people who inhabited southern Canaan prior to the conquest.
וְהַחִוִּ֣י  and  Hivite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: חִוִּי  
Sense: 6th generation of descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, who were living in northern Canaan near Mount Hermon at the time of the conquest.
וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י  and  Jebusite 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְבוּסִי  
Sense: descendants of the 3rd son of Canaan who lived in or around the site of Jebus, the early name for Jerusalem.
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-m, 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.

What are the major concepts related to 2 Chronicles 8:7?

Loading Information...