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I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. (KJV)
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בָּנֹ֥הba.Nohcertainly <to build>
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 1
בָנִ֛יתִיva.Ni.tiI have built
Lemma: בָּנָה (ba.nah) · Strong's: H1129
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to build
Used 374 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 8:20, Genesis 10:11, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1129; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 2
בֵּ֥יתbeita house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 3
זְבֻ֖לze.Vulloftiness
Lemma: זְבֻל (ze.vul) · Strong's: H2073
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: elevation
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 6:2, Psalms 49:14, Isaiah 63:15, Habakkuk 3:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2073; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 4
מָכ֥וֹןma.Khona place
Lemma: מָכוֹן (ma.khon) · Strong's: H4349
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: foundation
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 15:17, 1 Kings 8:39, 1 Kings 8:43, 1 Kings 8:49, 2 Chronicles 6:2, 2 Chronicles 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4349; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 5
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖le.shiv.te.Khato dwell in you
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 6
עוֹלָמִֽים\׃o.la.Mimforever
Lemma: עוֹלָם (o.lam) · Strong's: H5769G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: forever: enduring
Used 388 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:16, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 17:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5769G; TAHOT 1 Kings 8:13 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I have indeed built | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| . . . | → | בָּנָה H1129 to build |
| You | → | |
| an exalted | → | זְבֻל H2073 elevation |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| a place | → | מָכוֹן H4349 foundation |
| for You to dwell | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| forever | → | עוֹלָם H5769G forever: enduring |
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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