Deuteronomy 12:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֠י אִֽם־אֶל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַ֨ר יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵיכֶ֔ם לָשׂ֥וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שָׁ֑ם לְשִׁכְנ֥וֹ תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּבָ֥אתָ שָֽׁמָּה׃

Transliteration

kî ʾim-to-the māqôm which-yiḇḥar YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵɛm from-all-šiḇṭêḵɛm to lāśûm ʾet-šəmô there to šiḵnô tidrəšû û-ḇāʾtā there

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʾim*: conjunction - if/but
• *māqôm*: masculine singular noun - place
• *yiḇḥar*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will choose
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêḵɛm*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
• *šiḇṭêḵɛm*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your tribes
• *lāśûm*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to put/place
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name
• *šiḵnô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his dwelling
• *tidrəšû*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine plural - you shall seek
• *û-ḇāʾtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - and you shall come

Word Meanings

• *kî* *ʾim*: but rather/except/but only
• *yiḇḥar*: choose/select/elect
• *lāśûm*: to put/to place/to set
• *šiḵnô*: his dwelling/his habitation/his abode
• *tidrəšû*: seek/inquire/require/resort to

Referenced Verses

• Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD:
• 2 Chr 7:12 : 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
• Deut 16:2 : 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
• Deut 26:2 : 2 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there.
• 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
• Ps 78:68 : 68 But chose{H8799)} the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved{H8804)}.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1 Kgs 8:20 : 20 And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
• Deut 12:13 : 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
• Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
• Exod 25:22 : 22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
• Num 7:89 : 89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
• Ps 87:2-3 : 2 The LORD loveth{H8802)} the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 3 Glorious things{H8737)} are spoken{H8794)} of thee, O city of God. Selah.
• 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.
• Isa 66:1-2 : 1 Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? 2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
• John 4:20-22 : 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 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.
• Acts 7:48-50 : 48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
• Eph 2:20-22 : 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.
• Col 2:9 : 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
• Heb 12:22 : 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
• Rev 14:1 : 1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
• 1 Kgs 14:21 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
• 1 Chr 22:1 : 1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
• Josh 9:27 : 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.