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1 Chronicles 15:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.


1 Chronicles 15:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Chronicles 15:222 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֚זʾāz
beginningadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
אָמַ֣רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֔ידdāwiyd
DavidnounH1732
לֹ֤אlōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
לָ/שֵׂאת֙lāśēʾt
acceptpronH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲר֣וֹןʾărwōn
arknounH727
chest · coffin
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּ֖יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
הַ/לְוִיִּ֑םhaləwiyim
LeviiteparticleH3881
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בָ֣/םbām
pron
בָּחַ֣רbāḥar
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לָ/שֵׂ֞אתlāśēʾt
acceptpronH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲר֧וֹןʾărwōn
arknounH727
chest · coffin
יְהוָ֛הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וּֽ/לְ/שָׁרְת֖/וֹwləšārətwō
ministerconjH8334
serve(-ant · -ice · -itor) · wait on
עַדʿad
againstpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עוֹלָֽםʿwōlām
alwaynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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