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2 Samuel 7:2 — King James Version← Study notes

That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.


2 Samuel 7:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 7:216 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
נָתָ֣ןnātān
NathannounH5416
הַ/נָּבִ֔יאhanābiyʾ
prophecyparticleH5030
that prophesy · prophet
רְאֵ֣הrəʾēh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
נָ֔אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אָנֹכִ֥יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
יוֹשֵׁ֖בywōšēb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/בֵ֣יתbəbēyt
housepronH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
אֲרָזִ֑יםʾărāziym
cedarnounH730
וַֽ/אֲרוֹן֙waʾărwōn
arkconjH727
chest · coffin
הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔יםhāʾĕlōhiym
GodparticleH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יֹשֵׁ֖בyōšēb
abideverbH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְbətwōkə
amongpronH8432
between · half · (there- · where-) ···
הַ/יְרִיעָֽהhayəriyʿāh
curtainparticleH3407
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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