Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #213938

OSHB 2 Chr 31:4 יֶחֶזְקוּ (yeḩezqū) Strongs=2388 Lemma=‘חָזַק’
contextual word gloss=‘they_may_be_strong’ word gloss=‘devote’
Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural
Year=-726

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Only use of identical word form ‘יֶחֶזְקוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘יֶחֶזְקוּ’ (Morphology=Vqi3mp PoS=qal_verb Type=imperfect_(yiqtol) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=plural) is always and only glossed as ‘they_may_be_strong’.

2 CHR 31:4 contextual word gloss=‘they_may_be_strong’ word gloss=‘devote’ OSHB 2 CHR 31:4 word 10

OET-LV: 4 And_he/it _said to_people to_the _inhabitants _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) to_give the _portion _of the _priests and_the_Lēviyyiy so _that they _may _be _strong in_the _law _of YHWH. (CH2_31:4)

OET-RV: 4 He told that people living in Yerushalem to give the prescribed portions to the priests and Levites, so that they could focus on serving Yahweh, (CH2 31:4)