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2 Chronicles 6:8 — King James Version← Study notes

But the Lord said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:


2 Chronicles 6:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Chronicles 6:818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּוִ֣ידdāwiyd
DavidnounH1732
אָבִ֔/יʾābiy
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
יַ֗עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָיָה֙hāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ləbābəkā
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
לִ/בְנ֥וֹתlibənwōt
buildpronH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
בַּ֖יִתbayit
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לִ/שְׁמִ֑/יlišəmiy
famepronH8034
base · named · renown · report
הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָhĕṭiybwōtā
be betterverbH2895
cheer · be (do · seem) good · goodly ···
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָיָ֖הhāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
לְבָבֶֽ/ךָləbābekā
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
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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