1 Chronicles 13:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֑ן כִּֽי־יָשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmərû kol-haq-qāhāl laʿăśôt kēn kî-yāšar had-dābār bə-ʿênê kol-hā-ʿām

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmərû*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*kol*: noun construct - all of
*haq-qāhāl*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the assembly
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
*kēn*: adverb - thus/so
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yāšar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was right/pleasing
*had-dābār*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the word/thing/matter
*bə-ʿênê*: preposition + feminine dual construct - in eyes of
*hā-ʿām*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the people

Word Meanings

*yāšar*: was right/was straight/was pleasing
*dābār*: word/thing/matter/affair

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 18:20 : 20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
2 Sam 3:36 : 36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
2 Chr 30:4 : 4 And the thing was right in the eyes of the king and of all the assembly.
Esth 8:5 : 5 And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces:

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