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2 Samuel 7:27

כִּֽי־אַתָּה֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל גָּלִ֜יתָה אֶת־אֹ֤זֶן עַבְדְּךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בַּ֖יִת אֶבְנֶה־לָּ֑ךְ עַל־כֵּ֗ן מָצָ֤א עַבְדְּךָ֙ אֶת־לִבֹּ֔ו לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל אֵלֶ֔יךָ אֶת־הַתְּפִלָּ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ For you, YHWH of hosts, God of Yisraʾel, have revealed to the ear of your servant, saying, ‘A house I will … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:26

וְיִגְדַּ֨ל שִׁמְךָ֤ עַד־עֹולָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות אֱלֹהִ֖ים עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבֵית֙ עַבְדְּךָ֣ דָוִ֔ד יִהְיֶ֥ה נָכֹ֖ון לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ And may your name be great forever, saying, ‘YHWH of hosts is God over Yisraʾel,’ and the house of your servant Dawid shall be established before … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:25

וְעַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ עַֽל־עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְעַל־בֵּיתֹ֔ו הָקֵ֖ם עַד־עֹולָ֑ם וַעֲשֵׂ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ׃ And now, YHWH God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever, and do as you have spoken.   … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:24

וַתְּכֹ֣ונֵֽן לְ֠ךָ אֶת־עַמְּךָ֨ יִשְׂרָאֵ֧ל לְךָ֛ לְעָ֖ם עַד־עֹולָ֑ם וְאַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה הָיִ֥יתָ לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ ס And you established for yourself your people Yisraʾel as a people for yourself forever, and you, YHWH, became their God.   Morphology וַתְּכֹ֣ונֵֽן (vatekhonen) – Root: כון … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:23

וּמִ֤י כְעַמְּךָ֙ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גֹּ֥וי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלְכֽוּ־֠אֱלֹהִים לִפְדֹּֽות־לֹ֨ו לְעָ֜ם וְלָשׂ֧וּם לֹ֣ו שֵׁ֗ם וְלַעֲשֹׂ֨ות לָכֶ֜ם הַגְּדוּלָּ֤ה וְנֹֽרָאֹות֙ לְאַרְצֶ֔ךָ מִפְּנֵ֣י עַמְּךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר פָּדִ֤יתָ לְּךָ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם גֹּויִ֖ם וֵאלֹהָֽיו׃ And who is like your people, like Yisraʾel, one nation on the earth, whom … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:22

עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדַ֖לְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּֽי־אֵ֣ין כָּמֹ֗וךָ וְאֵ֤ין אֱלֹהִים֙ זֽוּלָתֶ֔ךָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃ Therefore you are great, O Lord YHWH, for there is none like you, and there is no god besides you, in all that we have heard with our … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:21

בַּעֲב֤וּר דְּבָֽרְךָ֙ וּֽכְלִבְּךָ֔ עָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַגְּדוּלָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את לְהֹודִ֖יעַ אֶת־עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ For the sake of your word and according to your heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known it to your servant.   Morphology בַּעֲב֤וּר (baʿavur) – Root: עבור … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:20

וּמַה־יֹּוסִ֥יף דָּוִ֛ד עֹ֖וד לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלֶ֑יךָ וְאַתָּ֛ה יָדַ֥עְתָּ אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֖ אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ And what more can Dawid add to speak to you? For you know your servant, O Lord YHWH.   Morphology וּמַה־יֹּוסִ֥יף (uma-yosif) – Root: יסף (yasaf); Form: Conjunction + interrogative … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:19

וַתִּקְטַן֩ עֹ֨וד זֹ֤את בְּעֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וַתְּדַבֵּ֛ר גַּ֥ם אֶל־בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְמֵֽרָחֹ֑וק וְזֹ֛את תֹּורַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃ And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord YHWH, and you have spoken also concerning your servant’s house for a distant … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:18

וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ וּמִ֣י בֵיתִ֔י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃ Then King Dawid went in and sat before YHWH, and he said, “Who am I, O Lord YHWH, and what is my house, that … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:17

כְּכֹל֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וּכְכֹ֖ל הַחִזָּיֹ֣ון הַזֶּ֑ה כֵּ֛ן דִּבֶּ֥ר נָתָ֖ן אֶל־דָּוִֽד׃ ס According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Natan speak to Dawid.   Morphology כְּכֹל֙ (kekhol) – Root: כל (kol); Form: Preposition + noun … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:16

וְנֶאְמַ֨ן בֵּיתְךָ֧ וּמַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛ עַד־עֹולָ֖ם לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כִּֽסְאֲךָ֔ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָכֹ֖ון עַד־עֹולָֽם׃ And your house and your kingdom will be established forever before you; your throne will be established forever.’”   Morphology וְנֶאְמַ֨ן (veneʾeman) – Root: אמן (ʾaman); Form: Nifal participle ms absolute … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:15

וְחַסְדִּ֖י לֹא־יָס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר הֲסִרֹ֨תִי֙ מֵעִ֣ם שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲסִרֹ֖תִי מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ׃ But my steadfast love shall not depart from him, as I removed it from Shaʾul, whom I removed from before you.   Morphology וְחַסְדִּ֖י (veḥasdi) – Root: חסד (ḥesed); Form: … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:14

אֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶה־לֹּ֣ו לְאָ֔ב וְה֖וּא יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְבֵ֑ן אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּהַ֣עֲוֹתֹ֔ו וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו֙ בְּשֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּבְנִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me; when he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:13

ה֥וּא יִבְנֶה־בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י וְכֹנַנְתִּ֛י אֶת־כִּסֵּ֥א מַמְלַכְתֹּ֖ו עַד־עֹולָֽם׃ He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.   Morphology ה֥וּא (hu) – Root: Personal pronoun; Form: 3ms pronoun; Translation: “He”; Notes: emphasizes … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:12

כִּ֣י יִמְלְא֣וּ יָמֶ֗יךָ וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵצֵ֖א מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַמְלַכְתֹּֽו׃ When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you who will come forth from your body, … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:11

וּלְמִן־הַיֹּ֗ום אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּ֤יתִי שֹֽׁפְטִים֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִי לְךָ֖ מִכָּל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְהִגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־בַ֖יִת יַעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֥ יְהוָֽה׃ And since the day I commanded judges over my people Yisraʾel, and I have given you rest from all your enemies; YHWH also declares to … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:10

וְשַׂמְתִּ֣י מָ֠קֹום לְעַמִּ֨י לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וּנְטַעְתִּיו֙ וְשָׁכַ֣ן תַּחְתָּ֔יו וְלֹ֥א יִרְגַּ֖ז עֹ֑וד וְלֹֽא־יֹסִ֤יפוּ בְנֵֽי־עַוְלָה֙ לְעַנֹּותֹ֔ו כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בָּרִאשֹׁונָֽה׃ And I will appoint a place for my people, for Yisraʾel, and I will plant them, and they will dwell in their own place, and … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:9

וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה עִמְּךָ֗ בְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלַ֔כְתָּ וָאַכְרִ֥תָה אֶת־כָּל־אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤תִֽי לְךָ֙ שֵׁ֣ם גָּדֹ֔ול כְּשֵׁ֥ם הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ And I have been with you wherever you went, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:8

וְ֠עַתָּה כֹּֽה־תֹאמַ֞ר לְעַבְדִּ֣י לְדָוִ֗ד כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות אֲנִ֤י לְקַחְתִּ֨יךָ֙ מִן־הַנָּוֶ֔ה מֵאַחַ֖ר הַצֹּ֑אן לִֽהְיֹ֣ות נָגִ֔יד עַל־עַמִּ֖י עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ And now, thus you shall say to my servant Dawid, ‘Thus says YHWH of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:7

בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶֽׁר־הִתְהַלַּכְתִּי֮ בְּכָל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ הֲדָבָ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי אֶת־אַחַד֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּ֗יתִי לִרְעֹ֛ות אֶת־עַמִּ֥י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר לָ֛מָּה לֹֽא־בְנִיתֶ֥ם לִ֖י בֵּ֥ית אֲרָזִֽים׃ In all places in which I have moved about among all the children of Yisraʾel, have I spoken a word … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:6

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשַׁ֨בְתִּי֙ בְּבַ֔יִת לְ֠מִיֹּום הַעֲלֹתִ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֑ה וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙ מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ בְּאֹ֖הֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃ For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought up the children of Yisraʾel out of Mitsrayim even until this … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:5

לֵ֤ךְ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה הַאַתָּ֛ה תִּבְנֶה־לִּ֥י בַ֖יִת לְשִׁבְתִּֽי׃ “Go and say to my servant, to Dawid, ‘Thus says YHWH: Are you the one who will build for me a house for my dwelling?   Morphology לֵ֤ךְ (lekh) … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:4

וַיְהִ֖י בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֑וּא וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־נָתָ֖ן לֵאמֹֽר׃ And it happened that night that the word of YHWH came to Natan, saying,   Morphology וַיְהִ֖י (vayhi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol, 3ms; Translation: “And it happened”; Notes: narrative introduction. … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:3

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר נָתָן֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לֵ֣ךְ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ ס And Natan said to the king, “All that is in your heart, go, do; for YHWH is with you.”   Morphology וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (vayyoʾmer) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:2

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶל־נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא רְאֵ֣ה נָ֔א אָנֹכִ֥י יֹושֵׁ֖ב בְּבֵ֣ית אֲרָזִ֑ים וַֽאֲרֹון֙ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים יֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּתֹ֥וךְ הַיְרִיעָֽה׃ And the king said to Natan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within the … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 7:1

וַיְהִ֕י כִּי־יָשַׁ֥ב הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּבֵיתֹ֑ו וַיהוָ֛ה הֵנִֽיחַ־לֹ֥ו מִסָּבִ֖יב מִכָּל־אֹיְבָֽיו׃ And it was, when the king dwelt in his house, and YHWH had given him rest all around from all his enemies.   Morphology וַיְהִ֕י (vayhi) – Root: היה (hayah); Form: Qal … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 6:23

וּלְמִיכַל֙ בַּת־שָׁא֔וּל לֹֽא־הָ֥יָה לָ֖הּ יָ֑לֶד עַ֖ד יֹ֥ום מֹותָֽהּ׃ פ And Mikhal, daughter of Shaʾul, had no child until the day of her death.   Morphology וּלְמִיכַל֙ (ulemikhal) – Root: מיכל (Mikhal); Form: Conjunction ו + Preposition ל + Proper noun … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 6:22

וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִי עֹוד֙ מִזֹּ֔את וְהָיִ֥יתִי שָׁפָ֖ל בְּעֵינָ֑י וְעִם־הָֽאֲמָהֹות֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתְּ עִמָּ֖ם אִכָּבֵֽדָה׃ And I will humble myself even more than this, and I will be lowly in my own eyes; but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them … Continue reading

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2 Samuel 6:21

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִד֮ אֶל־מִיכַל֒ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּֽחַר־בִּ֤י מֵֽאָבִיךְ֙ וּמִכָּל־בֵּיתֹ֔ו לְצַוֹּ֨ת אֹתִ֥י נָגִ֛יד עַל־עַ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְשִׂחַקְתִּ֖י לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ And Dawid said to Mikhal, “Before YHWH, who chose me over your father and over all his house to appoint me ruler … Continue reading

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