2 Chronicles 7:12
{ "verseID": "2 Chronicles.7.12", "source": "וַיֵּרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בַּלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לִ֖י לְבֵ֥ית זָֽבַח׃", "text": "*wa-* *yērāʾ* *yəhwâ* to *ʾel-* *šəlōmōh* in the *ballāyəlâ* *wa-* *yōʾmer* to *lô* *šāmaʿtî* *ʾeṯ-* *təpillāṯeḵā* *û-* *bāḥartî* in the *bammāqôm* the *hazzeh* to me *lî* for *ləḇêṯ* *zāḇaḥ*.", "grammar": { "*wa-*": "consecutive conjunction - 'and then'", "*yērāʾ*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he appeared'", "*yəhwâ*": "proper noun - 'YHWH/LORD'", "*ʾel-*": "preposition - 'to/unto'", "*šəlōmōh*": "proper noun, masculine - 'Solomon'", "*ballāyəlâ*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular and definite article - 'in the night'", "*yōʾmer*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he said'", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to him'", "*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have heard'", "*ʾeṯ-*": "direct object marker", "*təpillāṯeḵā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your prayer'", "*û-*": "conjunction - 'and'", "*bāḥartî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - 'I have chosen'", "*bammāqôm*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular and definite article - 'in the place'", "*hazzeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - 'this'", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - 'for me/to me'", "*ləḇêṯ*": "preposition with noun, masculine singular construct - 'for a house of'", "*zāḇaḥ*": "noun, masculine singular - 'sacrifice'" }, "variants": { "*yērāʾ*": "appeared, was seen, revealed himself", "*ballāyəlâ*": "in the night, during nighttime", "*yōʾmer*": "said, spoke, uttered", "*šāmaʿtî*": "I have heard, I listened to, I have hearkened", "*təpillāṯeḵā*": "your prayer, your petition, your intercession", "*bāḥartî*": "I have chosen, I selected, I elected", "*bammāqôm*": "in the place, at the site, in the location", "*ləḇêṯ*": "for a house, as a temple, for a dwelling", "*zāḇaḥ*": "sacrifice, offering, slaughter" } }