1 Kings 8:61

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the LORD our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing.”

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
• 2 Kgs 20:3 : 3 “Please, LORD. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
• 1 Kgs 15:3 : 3 He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his ancestor David had been.
• 1 Kgs 15:14 : 14 The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD throughout his lifetime.
• Deut 18:13 : 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
• Gen 17:1 : 1 The Sign of the Covenant When Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to him and said,“I am the Sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
• 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.
• Job 1:1 : 1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
• Job 1:8 : 8 So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”
• Ps 37:37 : 37 Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the upright! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
• 2 Cor 7:1 : 1 Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
• Phil 3:12-16 : 12 Keep Going Forward Not that I have already attained this– that is, I have not already been perfected– but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, 14 with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. 16 Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained.