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The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
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lə·mā·ḥo·raṯ hay·yō·wm ha·hū way·yiz·bə·ḥū zə·ḇā·ḥîm way·ya·‘ă·lū Yah·weh ‘ō·lō·wṯ Yah·weh ’e·lep̄ pā·rîm ’e·lep̄ ’ê·lîm ’e·lep̄ kə·ḇā·śîm wə·nis·kê·hem ū·zə·ḇā·ḥîm lā·rōḇ lə·ḵāl yiś·rā·’êl
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√ mochŏrâth — the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrowPreposition-lNounfeminine singular construct
mochŏrâth: the morrow, tomorrow H4283 occurs in only 32 verses, and Ellicott notes that this particular three-word formula, "on the morrow after that day," is found here only. The Chronicler is not padding the narrative: he separates the assembly's confession (v. 20) from its ratification in blood, so that the vow of one day is answered by the altar of the next.
√ yôwm — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)ArticleNounmasculine singular
√ hûwʼ — he (she or it)ArticlePronounthird person masculine singular
√ zâbach — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)Conjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine plural
zâbach: to slaughter an animal, usually in sacrifice A Qal consecutive imperfect, third masculine plural: the subject is the whole assembly of v. 20, not the priests alone. Gill identifies the actors as "David and the congregation." The verb names the killing itself, the point at which a confession stops being speech.
√ zebach — properly, a slaughter, iNounmasculine plural
√ ʻâlâh — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount)Conjunctive wawVerbHifilConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine plural
ʻâlâh: to ascend, to cause to mount (Hifil) The causative stem is doing theological work: the worshippers cannot ascend, so they cause something else to ascend in their place. Paired with its cognate noun in the next word, the clause reads "they made-ascend ascendings."
√ Yᵉhôvâh — Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodPreposition-lNounpropermasculine singular
The first of two occurrences of the covenant name in this verse, attached to the slaughter-offerings; BSB collapses it into the second.
√ ʻôlâh — a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending)Nounfeminine plural
ʻôlâh: that which goes up, the whole burnt offering Strong's glosses the root as "a step or stairs, as ascending." This is the offering in which nothing returns to the offerer. The Pulpit Commentary traces it back to Genesis 8:20 as the only sacrifice Genesis knows, which sets the thousand-fold offering here inside the oldest layer of worship rather than the newest layer of statecraft.
√ Yᵉhôvâh — Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodPreposition-lNounpropermasculine singular
√ ʼeleph — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandNumbermasculine singular
ʼeleph: a thousand Ellicott notes the word order, "Bullocks a thousand, rams a thousand," belongs to the later mode of Hebrew speech, one of the Chronicler's own linguistic fingerprints.
√ par — a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)Nounmasculine plural
par: a bullock Strong's derives the sense from breaking forth in wild strength. The heaviest and costliest animal heads the list, and the list descends by value: bulls, rams, lambs.
√ ʼeleph — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandNumbermasculine singular
√ ʼayil — properly, strengthNounmasculine plural
√ ʼeleph — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandNumbermasculine singular
√ kebes — a ram (just old enough to butt)Nounmasculine plural
kebes: a lamb, a ram just old enough to butt The smallest of the three, and the one the daily offering used. Abundance here is not extravagance for its own sake but the ordinary offering multiplied a thousand times.
√ neçek — a libationConjunctive wawNounmasculine plural constructthird person masculine plural
neçek: a libation, a drink offering H5262 is a construct plural with a third masculine plural suffix, "their libations," that is, the libations belonging to those animals. Barnes states the law behind the phrase: the drink offerings "appropriate to each kind of burnt-offering, and required by the Law to accompany them" (Numbers 15). Geneva glosses the word as "all kinds of liquor which they mingled with their sacrifices, as wine, oil, etc."
√ zebach — properly, a slaughter, iConjunctive wawNounmasculine plural
zebach: properly a slaughter, a sacrifice The second use of the word, which Ellicott, Barnes and K&D all narrow to the thank-offering or peace-offering, the one sacrifice the offerer eats. This single word is the hinge into v. 22: the feast of the next clause is made of these carcasses.
√ rôb — abundance (in any respect)Preposition-l, ArticleNounmasculine singular
rôb: abundance in any respect Not a decorative superlative. Because only the peace-offering was shared, abundance is the precondition of a national meal; Ellicott: "So that every one present might partake of the sacrificial meal."
√ kôl — properly, the wholePreposition-lNounmasculine singular construct
Construct "for-all-of": the preposition governs the whole nation, whether the whole nation was bodily present (Benson's first option) or represented by its assembled governors (Poole's second).
√ Yisrâʼêl — Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobNounpropermasculine singular
The nation as one liturgical body, which is the Chronicler's constant subject.