1 Chronicles 29:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫וְיָדַ֣עְתִּי אֱלֹהַ֔י כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ בֹּחֵ֣ן לֵבָ֔ב וּמֵישָׁרִ֖ים תִּרְצֶ֑ה אֲנִ֗י בְּיֹ֤שֶׁר לְבָבִי֙ הִתְנַדַּ֣בְתִּי כָל־אֵ֔לֶּה וְעַתָּ֗ה עַמְּךָ֙ הַנִּמְצְאוּ־פֹ֔ה רָאִ֥יתִי בְשִׂמְחָ֖ה לְהִֽתְנַדֶּב־לָֽךְ׃‬

Transliteration

And-yādaʿtî my-ʾĕlōhay, that you bōḥēn lēbāb and-mêšārîm tirṣeh. ʾănî in-yōšer ləbābî hitnaddabtî all-these, and-now, your-ʿam the-nimṣəʾû-here, rāʾîtî in-śimḥāh to-hitnaddēb-to-you.

Grammar Details

*yādaʿtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I know
*ʾĕlōhay*: noun, masculine plural with 1st person singular suffix - my God
*bōḥēn*: qal participle, masculine singular - testing/trying
*lēbāb*: noun, masculine singular - heart
*mêšārîm*: noun, masculine plural - uprightness/equity
*tirṣeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you delight in
*ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person singular - I
*yōšer*: noun, masculine singular construct - uprightness of
*ləbābî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my heart
*hitnaddabtî*: hitpael perfect, 1st person singular - I have offered willingly
*ʿam*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your people
*nimṣəʾû*: niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - found/present
*rāʾîtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have seen
*śimḥāh*: noun, feminine singular - joy
*hitnaddēb*: hitpael infinitive construct - to offer willingly

Word Meanings

*bōḥēn*: testing/trying/examining
*mêšārîm*: uprightness/equity/rightness
*tirṣeh*: delight in/take pleasure in/accept favorably
*yōšer*: uprightness/straightness/honesty
*hitnaddabtî*: I have offered willingly/I have volunteered/I have given freely

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 28:9 : 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1 Thess 2:10 : 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
Phlm 1:7 : 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Heb 4:12 : 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Phlm 1:20 : 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.
Acts 24:16 : 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Deut 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Prov 15:8-9 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Prov 16:2 : 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Prov 17:3 : 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
1 Chr 29:9 : 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Ps 15:2 : 2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest{H8804)} truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden{H8803)} part thou shalt make me to know{H8686)} wisdom.

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