| 10. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 26:10:1 ⧉וַיִּ֨בֶןvayivenand he built 2 Chronicles 26:10:2 ⧉מִגְדָּלִ֜יםmigdalimtowers 2 Chronicles 26:10:3 ⧉בַּמִּדְבָּ֗רbamidbarin the wilderness 2 Chronicles 26:10:4 ⧉וַיַּחְצֹב֙vayakhtsovand he cut out or hewed 2 Chronicles 26:10:5 ⧉בֹּר֣וֹתborotcisterns 2 Chronicles 26:10:6 ⧉רַבִּ֔יםrabimmany 2 Chronicles 26:10:7 ⧉כִּ֤יkifor 2 Chronicles 26:10:8 ⧉מִקְנֶה־רַּב֙mikneravlivestock, great 2 Chronicles 26:10:9 ⧉הָ֣יָהhayawas 2 Chronicles 26:10:10 ⧉ל֔וֹloto him or for him 2 Chronicles 26:10:11 ⧉וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖הuvashefelaand in the Shephelah 2 Chronicles 26:10:12 ⧉וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹרuvamishorand in the plain 2 Chronicles 26:10:13 ⧉אִכָּרִ֣יםikkarimfarmers 2 Chronicles 26:10:14 ⧉וְכֹֽרְמִ֗יםvekhormimand vinedressers 2 Chronicles 26:10:15 ⧉בֶּהָרִים֙beharimin the mountains 2 Chronicles 26:10:16 ⧉וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔לuvakharmeland in the Carmel 2 Chronicles 26:10:17 ⧉כִּֽי־אֹהֵ֥בkiohevfor he loved 2 Chronicles 26:10:18 ⧉אֲדָמָ֖הadamathe ground or soil 2 Chronicles 26:10:19 ⧉הָיָֽה׃סhayahe was |
| 10. Formal Translation And he built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, for he had much livestock; and he had farmers and vinedressers in the lowland and on the plain and in the mountains and in Carmel, because he loved the soil. |
| 10. Dynamic Translation He built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns because he had many animals. He employed farmers and vinedressers in the foothills and on the plain and in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved the land. |