1 Chronicles 16:26 Go deeper
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For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. (KJV)
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כִּ֠יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 1
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 2
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[the] gods of
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 31:30, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430J; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 3
הָעַמִּים֙ha.'a.Mimthe peoples
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 4
אֱלִילִ֔ים'e.li.Lim[are] worthless idols
Lemma: אֱלִיל (e.lil) · Strong's: H0457
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: idol
Used 19 times. Also: Leviticus 19:4, Leviticus 26:1, Job 13:4, Psalms 96:5, Psalms 97:7, Isaiah 2:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0457; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 5
וַיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 6
שָׁמַ֥יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavens
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 7
עָשָֽׂה\׃'a.Sahhe made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:26 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the gods | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430J God |
| of the nations | → | עַם H5971A people |
| are idols | → | אֱלִיל H0457 idol |
| but [it is] the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| who made | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| the heavens | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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