2 Chronicles 11:21
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
157 [e]וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב
way-ye-’ĕ-haḇ
And lovedConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
7346 [e]רְחַבְעָ֜ם
rə-ḥaḇ-‘ām
RehoboamN-proper-ms
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
4601 [e]מַעֲכָ֣ה
ma-‘ă-ḵāh
MaacahN-proper-fs
1323 [e]בַת־
ḇaṯ-
the granddaughterN-fsc
53 [e]אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם
’aḇ-šā-lō-wm,
of AbsalomN-proper-ms
3605 [e]מִכָּל־
mik-kāl
more than allPrep-m | N-msc
802 [e]נָשָׁיו֙
nā-šāw
his wivesN-fpc | 3ms
6370 [e]וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו
ū-p̄î-laḡ-šāw,
and his concubinesConj-w | N-fpc | 3ms
3588 [e]כִּ֠י
ForConj
802 [e]נָשִׁ֤ים
nā-šîm
wivesN-fp
8083 [e]שְׁמוֹנֶֽה־
šə-mō-w-neh-
eightNumber-fs
6240 [e]עֶשְׂרֵה֙
‘eś-rêh
[and] tenNumber-fs
5375 [e]נָשָׂ֔א
nā-śā,
he tookV-Qal-Perf-3ms
6370 [e]וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים
ū-p̄î-laḡ-šîm
and concubinesConj-w | N-fp
8346 [e]שִׁשִּׁ֑ים
šiš-šîm;
sixtyNumber-cp
3205 [e]וַיּ֗וֹלֶד
way-yō-w-leḏ,
and he begatConj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms
6242 [e]עֶשְׂרִ֧ים
‘eś-rîm
twentyNumber-cp
8083 [e]וּשְׁמוֹנָ֛ה
ū-šə-mō-w-nāh
and eightConj-w | Number-ms
1121 [e]בָּנִ֖ים
bā-nîm
sonsN-mp
8346 [e]וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים
wə-šiš-šîm
and sixtyConj-w | Number-cp
1323 [e]בָּנֽוֹת׃
bā-nō-wṯ.
daughtersN-fp





















Hebrew Texts
דברי הימים ב 11:21 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֶּאֱהַ֨ב רְחַבְעָ֜ם אֶת־מַעֲכָ֣ה בַת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֗ום מִכָּל־נָשָׁיו֙ וּפִ֣ילַגְשָׁ֔יו כִּ֠י נָשִׁ֤ים שְׁמֹונֶֽה־עֶשְׂרֵה֙ נָשָׂ֔א וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖ים שִׁשִּׁ֑ים וַיֹּ֗ולֶד עֶשְׂרִ֧ים וּשְׁמֹונָ֛ה בָּנִ֖ים וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים בָּנֹֽות׃

דברי הימים ב 11:21 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ויאהב רחבעם את־מעכה בת־אבשלום מכל־נשיו ופילגשיו כי נשים שמונה־עשרה נשא ופילגשים ששים ויולד עשרים ושמונה בנים וששים בנות׃

דברי הימים ב 11:21 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ויאהב רחבעם את־מעכה בת־אבשלום מכל־נשיו ופילגשיו כי נשים שמונה־עשרה נשא ופילגשים ששים ויולד עשרים ושמונה בנים וששים בנות׃

דברי הימים ב 11:21 Hebrew Bible
ויאהב רחבעם את מעכה בת אבשלום מכל נשיו ופילגשיו כי נשים שמונה עשרה נשא ופילגשים ששים ויולד עשרים ושמונה בנים וששים בנות׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

King James Bible
And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. He acquired 18 wives and 60 concubines and was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters.
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