1 Chronicles 17:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־מָלְא֤וּ יָמֶ֙יךָ֙ לָלֶ֣כֶת עִם־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִֽימוֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה מִבָּנֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַלְכוּתֽוֹ׃ ‬

Transliteration

And wəhāyāh when-mālʾû yāmeyḵā lāleḵeṯ with-ʾăḇōṯeyḵā, and wahăqîmōṯî ʾeṯ-zarʿăḵā ʾaḥăreyḵā who yihyeh from-bāneyḵā, and wahăḵînōṯî ʾeṯ-malḵûṯô.

Grammar Details

*wəhāyāh*: conjunctive waw + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
*mālʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are fulfilled
*yāmeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your days
*lāleḵeṯ*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to go
*ʾăḇōṯeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your fathers
*wahăqîmōṯî*: consecutive perfect, 1st person singular - and I will raise up
*zarʿăḵā*: noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed
*ʾaḥăreyḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - after you
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be
*bāneyḵā*: noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sons
*wahăḵînōṯî*: consecutive perfect, 1st person singular - and I will establish
*malḵûṯô*: noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his kingdom

Word Meanings

*wəhāyāh*: and it will be/happen/come to pass
*mālʾû*: they are fulfilled/completed/ended
*lāleḵeṯ*: to go/walk/depart
*ʾăḇōṯeyḵā*: your fathers/ancestors/forefathers
*wahăqîmōṯî*: and I will raise up/establish/confirm
*zarʿăḵā*: your seed/offspring/descendants
*yihyeh*: he will be/become/exist
*wahăḵînōṯî*: and I will establish/prepare/make firm
*malḵûṯô*: his kingdom/reign/royal power

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Referenced Verses

Ps 132:11 : 11 Jehovah hath sworn unto David in truth; He will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: Jehovah our righteousness.
Acts 2:29 : 29 {G435} Brethren, I may say unto {G3326} you freely of the patriarch David, that he {G5053} both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us unto this day.
Acts 13:36 : 36 For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Rom 1:3-4 : 3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, 4 who was declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead; [even] Jesus Christ our Lord,
Gen 15:15 : 15 But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Deut 31:16 : 16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
2 Sam 7:12-13 : 12 When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
2 Sam 12:24-25 : 24 And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him; 25 and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah's sake.
1 Kgs 1:21 : 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
1 Kgs 2:10 : 10 And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
1 Kgs 8:20 : 20 And Jehovah hath established his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
1 Chr 29:28 : 28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

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