King James Version

2 Chronicles 29:20

Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

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וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙vayashkemand up, rise up) earlyשָׁכַםconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and up, rise up) early”, the next action in the storyH7925literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning(arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּyechizqiyahvHezekiahחִזְקִיָּהnoun, proper name — “Hezekiah”H2396Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other IsraelitesHezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה).הַמֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekhthe kingמֶלֶךְdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.וַיֶּאֱסֹ֕ףvayeesofand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and destroy”, the next action in the storyH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…אֵ֖תetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שָׂרֵ֣יsarecaptainשַׂרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “captain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8269a head person (of any rank or class)captain (that had rule), chief (captain), general, governor, keeper, lord,(-task-)master, prince(-ipal), ruler, steward.הָעִ֑ירhairthe cityעִירdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.וַיַּ֖עַלvayaaland ascend upעָלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and ascend up”, the next action in the storyH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…בֵּ֥יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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,…יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Hezekiah the king riseth early, and gathereth the heads of the city, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah;

World English Bible

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, gathered the princes of the city, and went up to Yahweh’s house.

Darby Translation

And Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

And king Ezechias rising early, assembled all the rulers of the city, and went up into the house of the Lord:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And king Ezekias rose early in the morning, and gathered the chief men of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ὤρθρισεν Ἐζεκίας ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ συνήγαγε τοὺς ἄρχοντας τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἀνέβη εἰς οἶκον Κυρίου.