1 Kings 8:58

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְהַטּ֥וֹת לְבָבֵ֖נוּ אֵלָ֑יו לָלֶ֣כֶת בְּכָל־דְּרָכָ֗יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר מִצְוֺתָ֤יו וְחֻקָּיו֙ וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖ה אֶת־אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃

Transliteration

To-haṭṭôt ləbābēnû to-him, to-lāleket in-all-dərākāyw and-to-lišmōr miṣwōtāyw and-ḥuqqāyw and-mišpāṭāyw which ṣiwwâ ʾet-ʾăbōtênû.

Grammar Details

*haṭṭôt*: Hiphil infinitive construct - to incline/turn
*ləbābēnû*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person plural suffix - our heart
*lāleket*: Qal infinitive construct - to walk
*dərākāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ways
*lišmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
*miṣwōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his commandments
*ḥuqqāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his statutes
*mišpāṭāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his judgments
*ṣiwwâ*: Piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - commanded
*ʾăbōtênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our fathers

Word Meanings

*haṭṭôt*: to incline/to turn/to bend
*ləbābēnû*: our heart/our inner being
*lāleket*: to walk/to follow/to live
*dərākāyw*: his ways/his paths/his conduct
*lišmōr*: to keep/to observe/to guard
*miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/his orders
*ḥuqqāyw*: his statutes/his decrees
*mišpāṭāyw*: his judgments/his ordinances
*ṣiwwâ*: commanded/ordered/instructed

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:36 : 36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Jer 31:33 : 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Ezek 36:26-27 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Heb 13:21 : 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Deut 4:1 : 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Deut 4:45 : 45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,
Deut 6:1 : 1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Song 1:4 : 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

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