Bible › 1 Kings › Chapter 8 › Verse 18 › Interlinear “And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.”
1 Kings 8:18 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · 1 Kings 8:18 18 words
Hebrew Meaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר wayōʾmer
answer conj H559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָה֙ yəhwāh
LORD noun H3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶל ʾel
about pron H413
according to · after · against · among ···
אָבִ֔/י ʾābiy
father noun H1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
יַ֗עַן yaʿan
because conj H3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
אֲשֶׁ֤ר ʾăšer
as particle H834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָיָה֙ hāyāh
beacon verb H1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִם ʿim
accompanying pron H5973
against · and · as · before ···
לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ ləbābəkā
breast noun H3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
לִ/בְנ֥וֹת libənwōt
build pron H1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
בַּ֖יִת bayit
house noun H1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י lišəmiy
fame pron H8034
base · named · renown · report
הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ hĕṭiybōtā
be better verb H2895
cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···
כִּ֥י kiy
and conj H3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָיָ֖ה hāyāh
beacon verb H1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִם ʿim
accompanying pron H5973
against · and · as · before ···
לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ ləbābekā
breast noun H3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
ℹ 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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