2 Chronicles 2:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמִ֤י יַעֲצָר־כֹּ֙חַ֙ לִבְנֽוֹת־ל֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֧י הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וּשְׁמֵ֥י הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּלֻ֑הוּ וּמִ֤י אֲנִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶבְנֶה־לּ֣וֹ בַ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־לְהַקְטִ֥יר לְפָנָֽיו׃

Transliteration

And-who yaʿăṣār-kōaḥ to-liḇnôt-for-him bayit for the-šāmayim and-šəmê the-šāmayim not yəḵalkəlūhû and-who I that ʾeḇneh-for-him bayit but only-to-ləhaqṭîr before-him.

Grammar Details

*yaʿăṣār*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will retain, maintain
*kōaḥ*: common noun, masculine singular - strength, power
*liḇnôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to build
*bayit*: common noun, masculine singular - house
*šāmayim*: common noun, masculine plural - heavens, sky
*šəmê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - heavens of
*yəḵalkəlūhû*: piel imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - contain/support him
*ʾeḇneh*: qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I will build
*ləhaqṭîr*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to burn incense

Word Meanings

*yaʿăṣār*-*kōaḥ*: retain strength, have power, be able
*yəḵalkəlūhû*: contain him, support him, sustain him
*ləhaqṭîr*: to burn incense, to make offerings, to sacrifice

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 16:25 : 25 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
Ps 135:5 : 5 For I know that Jehovah is great, And that our Lord is above all gods.
Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
1 Kgs 9:8 : 8 And though this house is so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Jehovah done thus unto this land, and to this house?
Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.
Jer 10:6 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Ezek 7:20 : 20 As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty; but they made the images of their abominations [and] their detestable things therein: therefore have I made it unto them as an unclean thing.
1 Tim 6:15 : 15 which in its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
1 Chr 29:1 : 1 And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.
2 Chr 2:9 : 9 even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
Ps 86:8-9 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works. 9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; And they shall glorify thy name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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6But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
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