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2 Samuel 7:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:


2 Samuel 7:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 2 Samuel 7:821 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ֠/עַתָּהwəʿatāh
henceforthconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
כֹּֽהkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תֹאמַ֞רtōʾmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לְ/עַבְדִּ֣/יləʿabədiy
bondmanpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/דָוִ֗דlədāwid
DavidpronH1732
כֹּ֤הkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
אָמַר֙ʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָא֔וֹתṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
אֲנִ֤יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
לְקַחְתִּ֨י/ךָ֙ləqaḥətiykā
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/נָּוֶ֔הhanāweh
comelyparticleH5116
dwelling · fold · habitation · pleasant place ···
מֵ/אַחַ֖רmēʾaḥar
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
הַ/צֹּ֑אןhaṣōʾn
cattleparticleH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
לִֽ/הְי֣וֹתlihəywōt
beaconpronH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
נָגִ֔ידnāgiyd
captainnounH5057
chief · excellent thing · governor · leader ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַמִּ֖/יʿamiy
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
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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