2 Chronicles 6:39

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{ "verseID": "2 Chronicles.6.39", "source": "וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃", "text": "*wə-šāmaʿtā* from *min-haššāmayim* from *mimmĕkôn šibtĕkā* *ʾet-tĕpillātām* *wĕ-ʾet-tĕḥinnōtêhem* and *wĕ-ʿāśîtā mišpāṭām* and *wĕ-sālaḥtā* to-*ʿammĕkā* who *ʾăšer ḥāṭĕʾû-lāk*", "grammar": { "*wə-šāmaʿtā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will hear", "*min-haššāmayim*": "preposition + definite article + noun, mp - from the heavens", "*mimmĕkôn šibtĕkā*": "preposition + construct noun + noun with 2ms suffix - from the place/dwelling of your sitting", "*ʾet-tĕpillātām*": "direct object marker + noun with 3mp suffix - their prayer", "*wĕ-ʾet-tĕḥinnōtêhem*": "conjunction + direct object marker + noun with 3mp suffix - and their supplications", "*wĕ-ʿāśîtā mišpāṭām*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2ms + noun with 3mp suffix - and you will execute their judgment", "*wĕ-sālaḥtā*": "conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will forgive", "*ʿammĕkā*": "noun with 2ms suffix - your people", "*ʾăšer ḥāṭĕʾû-lāk*": "relative pronoun + qal perfect 3cp + preposition with 2ms suffix - who have sinned against you" }, "variants": { "*šāmaʿtā*": "hear/listen/obey", "*mĕkôn*": "place/foundation/dwelling", "*šibtĕkā*": "your dwelling/sitting/abiding", "*tĕpillātām*": "their prayer/petition/intercession", "*tĕḥinnōtêhem*": "their supplications/pleas for mercy", "*ʿāśîtā*": "do/make/execute", "*mišpāṭām*": "their judgment/justice/legal claim", "*sālaḥtā*": "forgive/pardon", "*ʿammĕkā*": "your people/nation/folk" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

Transliteration

wə-šāmaʿtā from min-haššāmayim from mimmĕkôn šibtĕkā ʾet-tĕpillātām wĕ-ʾet-tĕḥinnōtêhem and wĕ-ʿāśîtā mišpāṭām and wĕ-sālaḥtā to-ʿammĕkā who ʾăšer ḥāṭĕʾû-lāk

Grammar Details

• *wə-šāmaʿtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will hear
• *min-haššāmayim*: preposition + definite article + noun, mp - from the heavens
• *mimmĕkôn šibtĕkā*: preposition + construct noun + noun with 2ms suffix - from the place/dwelling of your sitting
• *ʾet-tĕpillātām*: direct object marker + noun with 3mp suffix - their prayer
• *wĕ-ʾet-tĕḥinnōtêhem*: conjunction + direct object marker + noun with 3mp suffix - and their supplications
• *wĕ-ʿāśîtā mišpāṭām*: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms + noun with 3mp suffix - and you will execute their judgment
• *wĕ-sālaḥtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2ms - and you will forgive
• *ʿammĕkā*: noun with 2ms suffix - your people
• *ʾăšer ḥāṭĕʾû-lāk*: relative pronoun + qal perfect 3cp + preposition with 2ms suffix - who have sinned against you

Word Meanings

• *šāmaʿtā*: hear/listen/obey
• *mĕkôn*: place/foundation/dwelling
• *šibtĕkā*: your dwelling/sitting/abiding
• *tĕpillātām*: their prayer/petition/intercession
• *tĕḥinnōtêhem*: their supplications/pleas for mercy
• *ʿāśîtā*: do/make/execute
• *mišpāṭām*: their judgment/justice/legal claim
• *sālaḥtā*: forgive/pardon
• *ʿammĕkā*: your people/nation/folk

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications. Uphold their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then hear{H8085} thou from heaven,{H8064} even from thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} their prayer{H8605} and their supplications,{H8467} and maintain{H6213} their cause,{H4941} and forgive{H5545} thy people{H5971} who have sinned{H2398} against thee.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou from the heavens{H8064}, even from thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, their prayer{H8605} and their supplications{H8467}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971} which have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen, euen from the seate of thy dwellynge, and helpe them to their righte, and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then heare thou in heauen, in the place of thine habitation their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people, which haue sinned against thee.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then heare thou from heauen, euen from thy dwelling place, their supplication and their prayer, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, vindicate them, and forgive your sinful people.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 6:35 : 35 { "verseID": "2 Chronicles.6.35", "source": "וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃", "text": "And-*šāmaʿtā* from-the-*šāmayim* *ʾet*-their-*təpillātām* and-*ʾet*-their-*təḥinnātām* and-*ʿāśîtā* their-*mišpāṭām*", "grammar": { "*šāmaʿtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you heard/will hear", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the heavens", "*təpillātām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their prayer", "*təḥinnātām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their supplication", "*ʿāśîtā*": "verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you did/will do", "*mišpāṭām*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their justice/judgment" }, "variants": { "*šāmaʿtā*": "hear/listen to/respond to", "*təpillātām*": "their prayer/their intercession", "*təḥinnātām*": "their supplication/their petition/their plea for mercy", "*ʿāśîtā*": "do/make/perform/execute", "*mišpāṭām*": "their justice/their judgment/their right/their cause" } }
• Ps 25:18 : 18 { "verseID": "Psalms.25.18", "source": "רְאֵ֣ה עָ֭נְיִי וַעֲמָלִ֑י וְ֝שָׂ֗א לְכָל־חַטֹּאותָֽי", "text": "*rĕʾēh ʿānĕyî waʿămālî wĕśāʾ lĕḵāl-ḥaṭṭôʾwṯāy*", "grammar": { "*rĕʾēh*": "verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'see/look'", "*ʿānĕyî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my affliction'", "*waʿămālî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'and my trouble'", "*wĕśāʾ*": "conjunction + verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - 'and forgive/lift'", "*lĕḵāl-ḥaṭṭôʾwṯāy*": "preposition + noun construct + noun, feminine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'for all my sins'" }, "variants": { "*rĕʾēh*": "see/look/regard", "*ʿānĕyî*": "my affliction/my poverty/my humiliation", "*ʿămālî*": "my trouble/my toil/my hardship", "*śāʾ*": "lift/forgive/bear/carry", "*ḥaṭṭôʾwṯāy*": "my sins/my offenses/my failures" } }
• Mic 7:18-20 : 18 { "verseID": "Micah.7.18", "source": "מִי־אֵ֣ל כָּמ֗וֹךָ נֹשֵׂ֤א עָוֺן֙ וְעֹבֵ֣ר עַל־פֶּ֔שַׁע לִשְׁאֵרִ֖ית נַחֲלָת֑וֹ לֹא־הֶחֱזִ֤יק לָעַד֙ אַפּ֔וֹ כִּֽי־חָפֵ֥ץ חֶ֖סֶד הֽוּא׃", "text": "Who is-*ʾēl* like you, *nōśēʾ* *ʿāwōn* and *ʿōbēr* upon-*pešaʿ* for-*šəʾērît* his *naḥălātô*? Not-*heḥĕzîq* forever his *ʾappô*, for-*ḥāpēṣ* *ḥesed* he.", "grammar": { "*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who", "*ʾēl*": "masculine singular noun - God/deity", "*kāmôkā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - like you", "*nōśēʾ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - bearing/forgiving", "*ʿāwōn*": "masculine singular noun - iniquity", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʿōbēr*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - passing over", "*ʿal*": "preposition - upon", "*pešaʿ*": "masculine singular noun - transgression", "*li-šəʾērît*": "preposition + feminine singular construct noun - for remnant of", "*naḥălātô*": "feminine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his inheritance", "*lō*": "negative particle - not", "*heḥĕzîq*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he has retained/held", "*lā-ʿad*": "preposition + masculine singular noun - forever", "*ʾappô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his anger", "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ḥāpēṣ*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - delighting in", "*ḥesed*": "masculine singular noun - lovingkindness/steadfast love", "*hû*": "3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he" }, "variants": { "*ʾēl*": "God/deity/mighty one", "*nōśēʾ ʿāwōn*": "bearing iniquity/forgiving sin/carrying guilt", "*ʿōbēr ʿal-pešaʿ*": "passing over transgression/overlooking rebellion", "*šəʾērît naḥălātô*": "remnant of his inheritance/remainder of his heritage", "*heḥĕzîq lā-ʿad ʾappô*": "retained his anger forever/held onto his wrath", "*ḥāpēṣ ḥesed*": "delights in mercy/loves kindness/desires lovingkindness" } } 19 { "verseID": "Micah.7.19", "source": "יָשׁ֣וּב יְרַֽחֲמֵ֔נוּ יִכְבֹּ֖שׁ עֲוֺֽנֹתֵ֑ינוּ וְתַשְׁלִ֛יךְ בִּמְצֻל֥וֹת יָ֖ם כָּל־חַטֹּאותָֽם׃", "text": "He will *yāšûb* *yəraḥămēnû*, he will *yikbōš* our *ʿăwōnōtênû*, and you will *tašlîk* in-*məṣūlôt* *yām* all-their *ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*.", "grammar": { "*yāšûb*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will return/turn", "*yəraḥămēnû*": "Piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - he will have compassion on us", "*yikbōš*": "Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will subdue/tread down", "*ʿăwōnōtênû*": "masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - our iniquities", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*tašlîk*": "Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will cast", "*bi-məṣūlôt*": "preposition + feminine plural construct noun - in depths of", "*yām*": "masculine singular noun - sea", "*kol*": "masculine singular construct - all of", "*ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*": "feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sins" }, "variants": { "*yāšûb*": "he will return/turn again/repent", "*yəraḥămēnû*": "he will have compassion on us/have mercy on us", "*yikbōš*": "he will subdue/tread underfoot/suppress", "*ʿăwōnōtênû*": "our iniquities/sins/wrongdoings", "*tašlîk*": "you will cast/throw/hurl", "*məṣūlôt yām*": "depths of sea/ocean depths/deep waters", "*ḥaṭṭōʾûtām*": "their sins/offenses/transgressions" } } 20 { "verseID": "Micah.7.20", "source": "תִּתֵּ֤ן אֱמֶת֙ לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב חֶ֖סֶד לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ מִ֥ימֵי קֶֽדֶם׃", "text": "You will *tittēn* *ʾĕmet* to-*yaʿăqōb*, *ḥesed* to-*ʾabrāhām*, *ʾăšer*-you *nišbaʿtā* to-our *ʾăbōtênû* from-*yəmê* *qedem*.", "grammar": { "*tittēn*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will give", "*ʾĕmet*": "feminine singular noun - truth/faithfulness", "*lə-yaʿăqōb*": "preposition + proper noun - to Jacob", "*ḥesed*": "masculine singular noun - lovingkindness/steadfast love", "*lə-ʾabrāhām*": "preposition + proper noun - to Abraham", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*nišbaʿtā*": "Niphal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you have sworn", "*la-ʾăbōtênû*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 1st person plural suffix - to our fathers", "*mi-yəmê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct noun - from days of", "*qedem*": "masculine singular noun - ancient times/old" }, "variants": { "*tittēn*": "you will give/grant/provide", "*ʾĕmet*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability", "*ḥesed*": "lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy", "*nišbaʿtā*": "you have sworn/taken oath", "*ʾăbōtênû*": "our fathers/ancestors", "*yəmê qedem*": "days of old/ancient times/days long ago" } }
• Zech 1:15-16 : 15 { "verseID": "Zechariah.1.15", "source": "וְקֶ֤צֶף גָּדוֹל֙ אֲנִ֣י קֹצֵ֔ף עַל־הַגּוֹיִ֖ם הַשַּֽׁאֲנַנִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֲנִי֙ קָצַ֣פְתִּי מְּעָ֔ט וְהֵ֖מָּה עָזְר֥וּ לְרָעָֽה", "text": "And *qeṣep̄* *gāḏôl* I *qōṣēp̄* against-the *gôyim* the *šaʾănannîm*, whom I *qāṣap̄tî* *mᵉʿāṭ* and-they *ʿāzᵉrû* *lᵉrāʿāh*", "grammar": { "*qeṣep̄*": "noun masculine singular with conjunction *wᵉ* - and wrath/anger", "*gāḏôl*": "adjective masculine singular - great", "*qōṣēp̄*": "verb qal participle masculine singular - am angry", "*gôyim*": "noun masculine plural with definite article and preposition *ʿal* - against the nations", "*šaʾănannîm*": "adjective masculine plural with definite article - the complacent/at ease", "*qāṣap̄tî*": "verb qal perfect 1st person singular - I was angry", "*mᵉʿāṭ*": "adjective masculine singular - little", "*ʿāzᵉrû*": "verb qal perfect 3rd common plural with conjunction *wᵉ* - and they helped", "*lᵉrāʿāh*": "preposition *lᵉ* + noun feminine singular - for evil/harm" }, "variants": { "*qeṣep̄*": "wrath/anger/indignation", "*qōṣēp̄*": "am angry/furious/wrathful", "*gôyim*": "nations/peoples/gentiles", "*šaʾănannîm*": "complacent/at ease/secure", "*mᵉʿāṭ*": "little/small amount", "*ʿāzᵉrû*": "helped/assisted", "*lᵉrāʿāh*": "for evil/for harm/for calamity" } } 16 { "verseID": "Zechariah.1.16", "source": "לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה שַׁ֤בְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בְּֽרַחֲמִ֔ים בֵּיתִי֙ יִבָּ֣נֶה בָּ֔הּ נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְקָ֥ו יִנָּטֶ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם", "text": "Therefore thus-*ʾāmar* *YHWH*, \"*šaḇtî* to *yᵉrûšālaim* in *raḥămîm*, *bêtî* *yibbāneh* in-her,\" *nᵉʾum* *YHWH* *ṣᵉḇāʾôt*, \"and *qāw* *yinnāṭeh* over-*yᵉrûšālāim*\"", "grammar": { "*ʾāmar*": "verb qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - said/says", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*šaḇtî*": "verb qal perfect 1st person singular - I have returned", "*yᵉrûšālaim*": "proper noun with preposition *lᵉ* - to Jerusalem", "*raḥămîm*": "noun masculine plural with preposition *bᵉ* - with mercies/compassion", "*bêtî*": "noun masculine singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my house", "*yibbāneh*": "verb niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be built", "*nᵉʾum*": "noun masculine singular construct - declaration of", "*ṣᵉḇāʾôt*": "noun feminine plural construct - of hosts/armies", "*qāw*": "noun masculine singular with conjunction *wᵉ* - and measuring line", "*yinnāṭeh*": "verb niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will be stretched out", "*yᵉrûšālāim*": "proper noun with preposition *ʿal* - over Jerusalem" }, "variants": { "*šaḇtî*": "I have returned/I have turned/I have restored", "*raḥămîm*": "mercies/compassion/tender mercies", "*yibbāneh*": "will be built/shall be constructed", "*nᵉʾum*": "declaration/oracle/utterance", "*ṣᵉḇāʾôt*": "hosts/armies/heavenly forces", "*qāw*": "measuring line/cord/rule", "*yinnāṭeh*": "will be stretched out/will be extended" } }