1 Kings 8:27 — King James Version← Study notes

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?”

1 Kings 8:27 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 8:2718 words

HebrewMeaning

כִּ֚יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הַֽ/אֻמְנָ֔םhaʾumənām

in deed; of a suretyparticleH552

יֵשֵׁ֥בyēšēb

abideverbH3427

continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···

אֱלֹהִ֖יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

הִ֠נֵּהhinēh

beholdparticleH2009

lo · see

הַ/שָּׁמַ֜יִםhašāmayim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

וּ/שְׁמֵ֤יwšəmēy

heavenconjH8064

astrologer · heaven

הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙hašāmayim

heavenparticleH8064

astrologer · heaven

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יְכַלְכְּל֔וּ/ךָyəkaləkəlwkā

(be able toverbH3557

can) abide · bear · comprehend · contain ···

אַ֕ףʾap

alsoparticleH637

although · and (furthermore · yet) · but ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

הַ/בַּ֥יִתhabayit

houseparticleH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

הַ/זֶּ֖הhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בָּנִֽיתִיbāniytiy

buildverbH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

ℹWords 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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