1 Kings 8:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים

Transliteration

Bānōh bānîtî house of zəḇul for you mākôn for your šiḇtəkā ʿôlāmîm

Grammar Details

• *bānōh*: Qal infinitive absolute - to build
• *bānîtî*: Qal perfect 1st singular - I have built
• *bêt*: common noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *zəḇul*: common noun, masculine singular - lofty dwelling
• *lāk*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - for you
• *mākôn*: common noun, masculine singular - fixed place, foundation
• *lə*: preposition - for
• *šiḇtəkā*: Qal infinitive construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your dwelling
• *ʿôlāmîm*: common noun, masculine plural - eternity, forever

Word Meanings

• *bānōh* *bānîtî*: I have surely built, I have indeed built (emphatic construction)
• *zəḇul*: lofty dwelling, exalted habitation, princely dwelling
• *mākôn*: fixed place, foundation, established place
• *šiḇtəkā*: your dwelling, your residing, your habitation
• *ʿôlāmîm*: forever, for all time, eternally

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 7:13 : 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
• Ps 132:13-14 : 13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. 14 This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
• Exod 15:17 : 17 Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
• John 4:21-23 : 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
• Acts 6:14 : 14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
• Heb 8:5-9 : 5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. 6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. 8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: 9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. 10 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: 11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 13 In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
• Heb 9:11-12 : 11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
• Heb 9:24 : 24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
• 1 Chr 17:12 : 12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
• 1 Chr 22:10-11 : 10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
• 1 Chr 28:6 : 6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
• 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
• 1 Chr 28:20 : 20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chr 6:2 : 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
• Ps 78:68-69 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}. 69 And he built{H8799)} his sanctuary like high{H8802)} palaces, like the earth which he hath established{H8804)} for ever.