Hebrew Interlinear
2 Chronicles 7:16 Interlinear
“ For now have I chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וְעַתָּ֗ה | H6258 | at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive | |
| 2 | בָּחַ֤רְתִּי | H977 | For now have I chosen | properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select |
| 3 | וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙ | H6942 | and sanctified | to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally) |
| 4 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 5 | הַבַּ֣יִת | H1004 | this house | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 6 | הַזֶּ֔ה | H2088 | the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | |
| 7 | לִֽהְיוֹת | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 8 | שְׁמִ֥י | H8034 | that my name | an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character |
| 9 | שָׁ֖ם | H8033 | there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | |
| 10 | עַד | H5704 | may be there for | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) |
| 11 | עוֹלָ֑ם | H5769 | ever | properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial |
| 12 | וְהָי֨וּ | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 13 | עֵינַ֧י | H5869 | and mine eyes | an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) |
| 14 | וְלִבִּ֛י | H3820 | and mine heart | the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything |
| 15 | שָׁ֖ם | H8033 | there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence | |
| 16 | כָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 17 | הַיָּמִֽים׃ | H3117 | shall be there perpetually | a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso |
Verse Context
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2 Chronicles 7:16 (current) For now have I chosen and sanctified this house that my name may be there for ever and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually
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