2 Samuel 7:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדַ֖לְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה כִּֽי־אֵֽין כָּמ֗וֹךָ וְאֵ֤ין אֱלֹהִים֙ זֽוּלָתֶ֔ךָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

Therefore gāḏaltā ʾăḏōnāy YHWH, for ʾên like you and ʾên ʾĕlōhîm zûlāṯeḵā in kōl which šāmaʿnû with bǝʾoznênû.

Grammar Details

*gāḏaltā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you are great'
*ʾăḏōnāy*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - 'my Lord'
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾên*: particle of negation - 'there is not'
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'God/gods'
*zûlāṯeḵā*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'besides you'
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'all of'
*šāmaʿnû*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person plural - 'we have heard'
*bǝʾoznênû*: preposition + noun, feminine dual with 1st person plural suffix - 'with our ears'

Word Meanings

*gāḏaltā*: you are great/you are exalted/you are magnificent
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
*zûlāṯeḵā*: besides you/except you/other than you
*bǝʾoznênû*: with our ears/in our hearing

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Referenced Verses

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?
Deut 3:24 : 24 O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?
1 Chr 16:25 : 25 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
Ps 86:10 : 10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
Mic 7:18 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Ps 48:1 : 1 A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Isa 45:5 : 5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
Ps 89:8 : 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
Ps 96:4 : 4 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He 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.
Ps 145:3 : 3 Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised; And his greatness is unsearchable.
Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Deut 32:39 : 39 See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
2 Chr 2:5 : 5 And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.
Jer 10:6-7 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not [this] for your sake, O house of Israel, but for my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.
Ezek 36:32 : 32 Not for your sake do I [this], saith the Lord Jehovah, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.
Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith Jehovah that created the heavens, the God that formed the earth and made it, that established it and created it not a waste, that formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah; and there is none else.
Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Ps 44:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Exod 10:2 : 2 and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know that I am Jehovah.
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.

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