1 Chronicles 16:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִֽתְהֽ͏ַלְלוּ֙ בְּשֵׁ֣ם קָדְשׁ֔וֹ יִשְׂמַ֕ח לֵ֖ב מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

hālal [Glory] in šēm [name] of his qōdeš [holiness], let śāmaḥ [rejoice] lēb [heart] of bāqaš [seekers] of YHWH [the LORD].

Grammar Details

• *hālal*: hithpael imperative masculine plural - glory!/boast!/praise!
• *šēm*: construct state - name of
• *qōdeš*: singular noun + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his holiness/sanctity
• *śāmaḥ*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular jussive - let rejoice
• *lēb*: construct state - heart of
• *bāqaš*: piel participle masculine plural construct - seekers of
• *bĕ-* (prefix): preposition - in

Word Meanings

• *hālal*: praise/glorify/boast
• *šēm*: name/reputation/character
• *qōdeš*: holiness/sanctity/sacredness
• *śāmaḥ*: rejoice/be glad
• *lēb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *bāqaš*: seek/search for/require

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 28:9 : 9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the LORD examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
• Ps 34:2 : 2 I will boast in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice!
• Prov 8:17 : 17 I will love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me.
• Isa 45:19 : 19 I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob’s descendants,‘Seek me in vain!’ I am the LORD, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements.
• Isa 45:25 : 25 All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the LORD and will boast in him.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! 7 The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the LORD, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them.
• Jer 9:23-24 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich. 24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.
• Jer 29:13 : 13 When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
• Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Ask, Seek, Knock“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
• 1 Cor 1:30-31 : 30 He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”