2 Samuel 7:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ בְּבַ֔יִת לְ֠מִיּוֹם הַעֲלֹתִ֞י אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וָאֶֽהְיֶה֙ מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ בְּאֹ֖הֶל וּבְמִשְׁכָּֽן׃

Transliteration

For lōʾ yāšaḇtî in bayiṯ from the yôm of haʿălōṯî ʾeṯ-bənê yiśrāʾēl from miṣrayim and until the yôm hazzeh, and wāʾehyeh miṯhallēḵ in ʾōhel and in miškān.

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ*: negative particle - 'not'
• *yāšaḇtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - 'I dwelt/resided'
• *bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - 'house'
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular - 'day'
• *haʿălōṯî*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with 1st person singular suffix - 'my bringing up'
• *ʾeṯ-bənê*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural construct - 'sons of'
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *miṣrayim*: proper noun - 'Egypt'
• *hazzeh*: demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - 'this'
• *wāʾehyeh*: waw-consecutive + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - 'and I was/became'
• *miṯhallēḵ*: verb, hithpael participle, masculine singular - 'walking about/moving'
• *ʾōhel*: noun, masculine singular - 'tent'
• *miškān*: noun, masculine singular - 'tabernacle/dwelling place'

Word Meanings

• *yāšaḇtî*: I dwelt/I resided/I settled
• *haʿălōṯî*: my bringing up/my causing to ascend
• *miṯhallēḵ*: walking about/moving from place to place/roaming
• *miškān*: tabernacle/dwelling place/portable sanctuary

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
• Exod 40:18-19 : 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.
• Exod 33:14-15 : 14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
• Exod 40:34-38 : 34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 36 And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: 37 But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
• Lev 26:23-24 : 23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
• Lev 26:27-28 : 27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
• Num 10:33-36 : 33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. 34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
• Deut 23:14 : 14 For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
• 1 Chr 17:5-6 : 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
• Acts 7:44 : 44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• Rev 2:1 : 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;