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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְעַתָּ֗הH6258at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive
2בָּחַ֤רְתִּיH977For now have I chosenproperly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
3וְהִקְדַּ֙שְׁתִּי֙H6942and sanctifiedto be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
4אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5הַבַּ֣יִתH1004this housea house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
6הַזֶּ֔הH2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
7לִֽהְיוֹתH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8שְׁמִ֥יH8034that my namean appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
9שָׁ֖םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
10עַדH5704may be there foras far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
11עוֹלָ֑םH5769everproperly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
12וְהָי֨וּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
13עֵינַ֧יH5869and mine eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
14וְלִבִּ֛יH3820and mine heartthe heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
15שָׁ֖םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
16כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
17הַיָּמִֽים׃H3117shall be there perpetuallya 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

2 Chronicles 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent...
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
2 Chronicles 7:17 walked before walked...

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