| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Chronicles 30:3:1 ⧉כִּ֣יkifor 2 Chronicles 30:3:2 ⧉לֹ֧אlonot 2 Chronicles 30:3:3 ⧉יָכְל֛וּyakheluthey were able 2 Chronicles 30:3:4 ⧉לַעֲשֹׂת֖וֹlaasototo do it 2 Chronicles 30:3:5 ⧉בָּעֵ֣תbaetat the time 2 Chronicles 30:3:6 ⧉הַהִ֑יאhahithat 2 Chronicles 30:3:7 ⧉כִּ֤יkibecause 2 Chronicles 30:3:8 ⧉הַכֹּהֲנִים֙hakohanimthe priests 2 Chronicles 30:3:9 ⧉לֹֽא־הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּlohitkaddeshuhad not consecrated themselves 2 Chronicles 30:3:10 ⧉לְמַדַּ֔יlemaddaisufficiently, enough 2 Chronicles 30:3:11 ⧉וְהָעָ֖םvehaamand the people 2 Chronicles 30:3:12 ⧉לֹא־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּloneesfuhad not been gathered, had not assembled 2 Chronicles 30:3:13 ⧉לִֽירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃lirushalimto Jerusalem |
| 3. Formal Translation For they were not able to do it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves enough, and the people had not been gathered at Jerusalem. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation They could not celebrate it then, because the priests had not consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. |