“For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.”
2 Chronicles 7:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Chronicles 7:1617 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
and nowconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
בָּחַ֤רְתִּיbāḥarətiy
I have chosenverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
וְ/הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי֙wəhiqədašətiy
and I have consecratedconjH6942
bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/בַּ֣יִתhabayit
the houseparticleH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
לִ/הְיוֹתlihəywōt
to bepronH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
שְׁמִ֥/יšəmiy
name mynounH8034
base · named · renown · report
שָׁ֖םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
עוֹלָ֑םʿwōlām
perpetuitynounH5769
ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···
וְ/הָי֨וּwəhāyw
and they will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֵינַ֧/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וְ/לִבִּ֛/יwəlibiy
and heart myconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
שָׁ֖םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/יָּמִֽיםhayāmiym
the daysparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
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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