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1 Kings 8:17 Interlinear

“ And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the ~ of the LORD God of Israel”

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1 Kings 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֕י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	עִם	H5973		adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
3	לְבַ֖ב	H3824	And it was in the heart	the heart (as the most interior organ)
4	דָּוִ֣ד	H1732	of David	david, the youngest son of jesse
5	אָבִ֑י	H1	my father	father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
6	לִבְנ֣וֹת	H1129	to build	to build (literally and figuratively)
7	בַּ֔יִת	H1004	an house	a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
8	לְשֵׁ֥ם	H8034	for the ~	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
9	יְהוָ֖ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
10	אֱלֹהֵ֥י	H430	God	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
11	יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃	H3478	of Israel	he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

1 Kings 8:17 (current) And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the ~ of the LORD God of Israel