1 Kings 8:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֚ין בָּֽאָר֔וֹן רַ֗ק שְׁנֵי֙ לֻח֣וֹת הָאֲבָנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִנִּ֥חַ שָׁ֛ם מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּחֹרֵ֑ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ עִם־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בְּצֵאתָ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם

Transliteration

Nothing in the ʾārôn only šənê lûḥôt the ʾăḇānîm which hinnîaḥ there Mōšeh in Ḥōrēḇ which kārat YHWH with-bənê Yiśrāʾēl in their bəṣēʾtām from ʾereṣ Miṣrāyim

Grammar Details

• *ʾên*: particle of negation - nothing, there is not
• *bə*: preposition - in
• *ʾārôn*: common noun, masculine singular with definite article - the ark
• *raq*: restrictive adverb - only, just
• *šənê*: numeral, construct state - two of
• *lûḥôt*: common noun, masculine plural construct - tablets of
• *ʾăḇānîm*: common noun, feminine plural with definite article - the stones
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which, that
• *hinnîaḥ*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - he placed, put
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
• *Ḥōrēḇ*: proper noun - Horeb
• *kārat*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he cut, made (covenant)
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD, Yahweh
• *ʿim*: preposition - with
• *bənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons of, children of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Israel
• *ṣēʾtām*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their going out
• *mē*: preposition - from
• *ʾereṣ*: common noun, feminine singular construct - land of
• *Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

• *lûḥôt* *ʾăḇānîm*: tablets of stone, stone tablets
• *hinnîaḥ*: placed, put, deposited
• *Ḥōrēḇ*: Horeb (alternative name for Sinai)
• *kārat*: cut, made (in covenant context), established
• *ṣēʾtām*: their going out, their leaving, their exodus

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:21 : 21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
• Heb 9:4 : 4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
• Exod 40:20 : 20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
• Deut 4:13 : 13 And he clared unto you his covenant, which he command you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
• Exod 34:27-28 : 27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. 28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
• Rev 15:8 : 8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels we fulfilled.
• Deut 10:2-5 : 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. 3 And I ma an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. 5 And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had ma; and there they be, as the LORD command me.
• Deut 31:26 : 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the si of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
• 1 Kgs 8:21 : 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
• 2 Chr 5:10 : 10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
• 2 Chr 5:13-14 : 13 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
• 2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Ezek 10:4 : 4 Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.
• Exod 40:34-35 : 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Lev 16:2 : 2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
• Num 9:15 : 15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
• Num 17:10 : 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
• Exod 13:21 : 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
• Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
• Exod 16:10 : 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
• Exod 16:33 : 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
• Exod 24:7-8 : 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
• Exod 24:16-18 : 16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.