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2 Chronicles 31:7

In 2 Chronicles 31 of 2 Chronicles.

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ֙bachodeshin monthחֹדֶשׁpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֔יhashlishithe thirdשְׁלִישִׁיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the third”, the ordinary formH7992third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)third (part, rank, time), three (years old).הֵחֵ֥לּוּhechelvbeginחָלַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “begin”, a completed actionH2490properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)begin ([idiom] men began), defile, [idiom] break, defile, [idiom] eat (as common things), [idiom] first, [idiom] gather the grape thereof, [idiom] take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute…הָעֲרֵמ֖וֹתhaaremotthe sheafעָרֵםdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the sheaf”, the ordinary formH6194a heap; specifically, a sheafheap (of corn), sheaf.לְיִסּ֑וֹדleyisodto foundיָסַדpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to found”, the to-form of the verbH3245to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consultappoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.וּבַחֹ֥דֶשׁuvachodeshand in monthחֹדֶשׁconjunction, preposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in month”, the ordinary formH2320the new moon; by implication, a monthmonth(-ly), new moon.הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יhashviithe seventhשְׁבִיעִיdefinite article, adjective, ordinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “the seventh”, the ordinary formH7637seventhseventh (time).כִּלּֽוּkilvceaseכָּלָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cease”, a completed actionH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Young’s Literal Translation

in the third month they have begun to lay the foundation of the heaps, and in the seventh month they have finished.

World English Bible

In the third month, they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Darby Translation

In the third month they began to lay the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Douay-Rheims

In the third month they began to lay the foundations of the heaps, and in the seventh month, they finished them.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

In the third month the heaps began to be piled, and in the seventh month they were finished.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τρίτῳ ἤρξαντο οἱ σωροὶ θεμελιοῦσθαι, καὶ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ ἑβδόμῳ συνετελέσθησαν.

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