2 Samuel 7:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י ׀ יִמְלְא֣וּ יָמֶ֗יךָ וְשָֽׁכַבְתָּ֙ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲקִימֹתִ֤י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֙ אַחֲרֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יֵצֵ֖א מִמֵּעֶ֑יךָ וַהֲכִינֹתִ֖י אֶת־מַמְלַכְתּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

When yiməlʾû yāmeyḵā and wəšāḵaḇtā with ʾăḇōṯeyḵā, and wahăqîmōṯî ʾeṯ-zarʿăḵā after you, who yēṣēʾ from mēʿeyḵā, and wahăḵînōṯî ʾeṯ-mamlaḵtô.

Grammar Details

• *yiməlʾû*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - 'they will be full/fulfilled'
• *yāmeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your days'
• *wəšāḵaḇtā*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'and you will lie down'
• *ʾăḇōṯeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your fathers'
• *wahăqîmōṯî*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - 'and I will raise up'
• *ʾeṯ-zarʿăḵā*: direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your seed/offspring'
• *yēṣēʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he will come out'
• *mēʿeyḵā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'from your inward parts'
• *wahăḵînōṯî*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - 'and I will establish'
• *ʾeṯ-mamlaḵtô*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his kingdom'

Word Meanings

• *yiməlʾû*: they will be full/they will be fulfilled/they will be completed
• *wəšāḵaḇtā*: and you will lie down/and you will sleep/euphemism for death
• *wahăqîmōṯî*: and I will raise up/and I will establish/and I will appoint
• *zarʿăḵā*: your seed/your offspring/your posterity/your descendants
• *yēṣēʾ*: he will come out/he will proceed/he will descend
• *mēʿeyḵā*: from your inward parts/from your bowels/from your body

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 2:1 : 1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
• 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 17:11 : 11 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.
• 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.
• 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:
• Isa 11:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.
• 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.
• Ps 132:11-12 : 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. 12 If thy children will keep my covenant And my testimony that I shall teach them, Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
• Isa 11:1-3 : 1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit. 2 And the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah. 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
• Ps 89:29 : 29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever, And his throne as the days of heaven.
• Dan 12:2 : 2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Matt 22:42-44 : 42 saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, [The son] of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet?
• Acts 2:30 : 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins he would set one upon his throne;
• 1 Cor 15:51 : 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all {G3303} shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
• 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• Gen 15:4 : 4 And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.