King James Version

2 Chronicles 22:12

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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וַיְהִ֤יvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.אִתָּם֙itamamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.בְּבֵ֣יתbeveytin familyבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםhaelohimthe Godאֱלֹהִיםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.מִתְחַבֵּ֖אmitchabehideחָבָאverb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “hide”, a verb used as a describing wordH2244to secrete[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.שֵׁ֣שׁsheshsixשֵׁשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “six”, the ordinary formH8337six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixthsix(-teen, -teenth), sixth.שָׁנִ֖יםshanimyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַעֲתַלְיָ֖הvaatalyahand Athaliahעֲתַלְיָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Athaliah”H6271Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two IsraelitesAthaliah.מֹלֶ֥כֶתmolekhetreignמָלַךְverb, qal, participle, absolute — “reign”, a verb used as a describing wordH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

And he is with them in the house of God hiding himself six years, and Athaliah is reigning over the land.

World English Bible

He was with them hidden in God’s house six years while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Darby Translation

and he was with them hid in the house of God six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land.

Douay-Rheims

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years, during which Athalia reigned over the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he was with them hid in the house of God six years; and Athaliah reigned over the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he was with him hid in the house of God six years; and Gotholia reigned over the land.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ κατακεκρυμμένος ἓξ ἔτη, καὶ Γοθολία ἐβασίλευσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.