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1 Chronicles 16:26 Interlinear

“ For all the gods of the people are idols but the LORD the heavens made”

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1 Chronicles 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	כִּ֠י	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
2	כָּל	H3605		properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
3	אֱלֹהֵ֤י	H430	For all the gods	gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
4	הָֽעַמִּים֙	H5971	of the people	a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
5	אֱלִילִ֔ים	H457	are idols	good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol
6	וַֽיהוָ֖ה	H3068	but the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
7	שָׁמַ֥יִם	H8064	the heavens	the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
8	עָשָֽׂה׃	H6213	made	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

1 Chronicles 16:26 (current) For all the gods of the people are idols but the LORD the heavens made