1 Chronicles 16:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֵאמֹ֗ר לְךָ֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנָ֔עַן חֶ֖בֶל נַחֲלַתְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾāmar [Saying], "To you I nātan [will give] ʾereṣ-kĕnaʿan [land-Canaan], ḥebel [portion] of your naḥălâ [inheritance]."

Grammar Details

*ʾāmar*: qal infinitive construct - saying
*nātan*: qal imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give
*ʾereṣ*: construct state - land of
*ḥebel*: construct state - portion of/measuring line of
*naḥălâ*: singular noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your inheritance
*lĕ-* (prefix): preposition - to
*lĕkā*: preposition + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you

Word Meanings

*ʾāmar*: say/speak/tell
*nātan*: give/put/set
*ʾereṣ*: land/earth/territory
*ḥebel*: portion/lot/measuring line
*naḥălâ*: inheritance/possession/property

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Referenced Verses

Gen 13:15 : 15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Gen 28:13-14 : 13 And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; 14 and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Gen 35:11-12 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Num 26:53-56 : 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.
Deut 32:8 : 8 When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
Mic 2:5 : 5 Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
Gen 12:7 : 7 And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

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Ps 105:10-11
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10And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
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