1 Chronicles 17:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫אֲנִי֙ אֶֽהְיֶה־לּ֣וֹ לְאָ֔ב וְה֖וּא יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְבֵ֑ן וְחַסְדִּי֙ לֹא־אָסִ֣יר מֵֽעִמּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר הֲסִיר֔וֹתִי מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ ‬

Transliteration

ʾĂnî ʾehyeh-to-him to-ʾāḇ, and wəhûʾ yihyeh-to-me to-bēn. And wəḥasdî not-ʾāsîr from-ʿimmô, as which hăsîrôṯî from-whom hāyāh to-pāneyḵā.

Grammar Details

*ʾĂnî*: personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*ʾehyeh*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will be
*ʾāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - father
*wəhûʾ*: conjunctive waw + personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will be
*bēn*: noun, masculine singular - son
*wəḥasdî*: conjunctive waw + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - and my lovingkindness
*ʾāsîr*: hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will remove
*ʿimmô*: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from him
*hăsîrôṯî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I removed
*hāyāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he was
*pāneyḵā*: noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your face/before you

Word Meanings

*ʾehyeh*: I will be/become/exist as
*ʾāḇ*: father/ancestor/originator
*yihyeh*: he will be/become/exist as
*bēn*: son/male child/descendant
*wəḥasdî*: and my lovingkindness/mercy/steadfast love
*ʾāsîr*: I will remove/take away/withdraw
*hăsîrôṯî*: I removed/took away/withdrew
*pāneyḵā*: your face/before you/in your presence

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Referenced Verses

Heb 1:5 : 5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, This day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, And he shall be to me a Son?
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
1 Sam 15:28 : 28 And Samuel said unto him, Jehovah hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou.
1 Chr 10:14 : 14 and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee.
Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
Ps 89:26-37 : 26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation. 27 I also will make him [my] first-born, The highest of the kings of the earth. 28 My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him. 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven. 30 If his children forsake my law, And walk not in mine ordinances; 31 If they break my statutes, And keep not my commandments; 32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, And their iniquity with stripes. 33 But my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not break, Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David: 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the moon, And [as] the faithful witness in the sky. {H5542}
2 Sam 7:14-16 : 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; 15 but my lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And thy house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
1 Kgs 11:12-13 : 12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. 13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
Luke 1:32 : 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke 9:35 : 35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my Son, my chosen: hear ye him.
John 3:35 : 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
2 Cor 6:18 : 18 And will be to you a Father, And ye shall be to me sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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