1 Kings 8:61

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֤ה לְבַבְכֶם֙ שָׁלֵ֔ם עִ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לָלֶ֧כֶת בְּחֻקָּ֛יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֺתָ֖יו כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And-hāyâ ləbabkem šālēm with YHWH ʾĕlōhênû, to-lāleket in-ḥuqqāyw and-to-lišmōr miṣwōtāyw as-the-yôm the-zeh.

Grammar Details

*hāyâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - may it be
*ləbabkem*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heart
*šālēm*: adjective, masculine singular - complete/perfect
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person plural suffix - our God
*lāleket*: Qal infinitive construct - to walk
*ḥuqqāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his statutes
*lišmōr*: Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
*miṣwōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his commandments
*yôm*: noun, masculine singular - day
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this

Word Meanings

*hāyâ*: may it be/let it be
*ləbabkem*: your heart/your mind/your inner being
*šālēm*: complete/whole/perfect/at peace
*lāleket*: to walk/to follow/to live
*ḥuqqāyw*: his statutes/his decrees
*lišmōr*: to keep/to observe/to guard
*miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/his orders

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
Deut 18:13 : 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Gen 17:1 : 1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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.
Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job 1:8 : 8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Ps 37:37 : 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold{H8798)} the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.

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