1 Chronicles 17:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וְהַֽעֲמַדְתִּ֛יהוּ בְּבֵיתִ֥י וּבְמַלְכוּתִ֖י עַד־הָעוֹלָ֑ם וְכִסְא֕וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָכ֖וֹן עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ ‬

Transliteration

And wəhaʿămaḏtîhû in-bêṯî and-in-malḵûṯî until-the-ʿôlām, and wəḵisʾô yihyeh nāḵôn until-ʿôlām.

Grammar Details

*wəhaʿămaḏtîhû*: conjunctive waw + hiphil perfect, 1st person singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and I will set him
*bêṯî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my house
*malḵûṯî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my kingdom
*ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - forever
*wəḵisʾô*: conjunctive waw + noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his throne
*yihyeh*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be
*nāḵôn*: niphal participle, masculine singular - established

Word Meanings

*wəhaʿămaḏtîhû*: and I will set him/establish him/cause him to stand
*bêṯî*: my house/my temple/my dwelling
*malḵûṯî*: my kingdom/my reign/my royal power
*ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/perpetuity
*wəḵisʾô*: and his throne/seat of authority
*nāḵôn*: established/firm/stable

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 2:6 : 6 Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure for ever; His name shall be continued as long as the sun: And men shall be blessed in him; All nations shall call him happy.
Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
Luke 1:32-33 : 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: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Heb 3:6 : 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

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