2 Chronicles 7:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

henceforthconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

בָּחַ֤רְתִּיbāḥarətiy

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

וְ/הִקְדַּ֨שְׁתִּי֙wəhiqədašətiy

appointconjH6942

bid · consecrate · dedicate · defile ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/בַּ֣יִתhabayit

houseparticleH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

לִ/הְיוֹתlihəywōt

beaconpronH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

שְׁמִ֥/יšəmiy

famenounH8034

base · named · renown · report

שָׁ֖םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

עַדʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

עוֹלָ֑םʿwōlām

alwaynounH5769

ancient · any more · continuance · eternal ···

וְ/הָי֨וּwəhāyw

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עֵינַ֧/יʿēynay

eyenounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

וְ/לִבִּ֛/יwəlibiy

heartconjH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

שָׁ֖םšām

in itadvH8033

thence · there (-in · of · out) ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/יָּמִֽיםhayāmiym

dayparticleH3117

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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