2 Samuel 7:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר נָתָן֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לֵ֣ךְ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ ס

Transliteration

And wayōʾmer nāṯān to the meleḵ, kōl which in liḇāḇəḵā lēḵ ʿăśēh, for YHWH ʿimmāḵ.

Grammar Details

*wayōʾmer*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he said'
*nāṯān*: proper noun - 'Nathan'
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the king'
*kōl*: noun, masculine singular construct - 'all of/everything'
*liḇāḇəḵā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your heart'
*lēḵ*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - 'go'
*ʿăśēh*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - 'do/make'
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʿimmāḵ*: preposition with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'with you'

Word Meanings

*kōl*: all/everything/whatever
*liḇāḇəḵā*: your heart/mind/inner desire

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:17-18 : 17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 18 And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1 Chr 22:7 : 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
1 Chr 28:2 : 2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
Ps 20:4 : 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
Ps 37:4 : 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give{H8799)} thee the desires of thine heart.
1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
1 Sam 10:7 : 7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.
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.

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1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
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