Original Language Studio
2 Chronicles 23:7
“And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H5362 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to strike with more or less violence (beat, fell, corrode); by implication (of attack) to knock together, i.e. surround or circulate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- compass (about, -ing), cut down, destroy, go round (about), inclose, round.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הִקִּיפוּ֩ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 19:27Joshua 6:3Joshua 6:111 Kings 7:242 Kings 6:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָקַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.