2 Samuel 7:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מִ֣י אָנֹכִ֞י אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ וּמִ֣י בֵיתִ֔י כִּ֥י הֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִי עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃

Transliteration

And wayyāḇōʾ the meleḵ dāwid and wayyēšeḇ before YHWH, and wayōʾmer, 'Who ʾānōḵî, ʾăḏōnāy YHWH, and who ḇêṯî that hăḇîʾōṯanî to hălōm?'

Grammar Details

*wayyāḇōʾ*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he came/entered'
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the king'
*dāwid*: proper noun - 'David'
*wayyēšeḇ*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he sat'
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*wayōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
*ʾānōḵî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - 'I'
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my Lord'
*ḇêṯî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my house'
*hăḇîʾōṯanî*: verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'you have brought me'
*hălōm*: adverb - 'here/thus far'

Word Meanings

*wayyēšeḇ*: and he sat/and he remained/and he dwelt
*ʾăḏōnāy*: my Lord/my Master/my Sovereign
*ḇêṯî*: my house/my family/my dynasty/my lineage
*hăḇîʾōṯanî*: you have brought me/you have led me/you have conducted me
*hălōm*: here/thus far/to this point

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Referenced Verses

Ps 8:4 : 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
1 Chr 17:16 : 16 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
1 Sam 18:18 : 18 And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
Exod 3:11 : 11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
1 Sam 9:21 : 21 And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner?
Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.
1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Jehovah anointed thee king over Israel;
Judg 6:15 : 15 And he said unto him, Oh, Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
Isa 37:14 : 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up unto the house of Jehovah, and spread it before Jehovah.
Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach unto the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;

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15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?
17And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
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19And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord Jehovah; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come; and this [too] after the manner of men, O Lord Jehovah!
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