2 Samuel 7:11

Webster's Bible (1833)

and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּלְמִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוִּ֤יתִי שֹֽׁפְטִים֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַהֲנִיחֹ֥תִי לְךָ֖ מִכָּל־אֹיְבֶ֑יךָ וְהִגִּ֤יד לְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּי־בַ֖יִת יַעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֥ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And from the yôm that ṣiwwîṯî šōpəṭîm over ʿammî yiśrāʾēl, and wahănîḥōṯî for you from all ʾōyəḇeyḵā. And wəhiggîḏ to you YHWH that bayiṯ will yaʿăśeh for you YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - 'the day'
• *ṣiwwîṯî*: verb, piel perfect, 1st person singular - 'I commanded/appointed'
• *šōpəṭîm*: noun, masculine plural - 'judges'
• *ʿammî*: noun, masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - 'my people'
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *wahănîḥōṯî*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - 'and I have given rest'
• *ʾōyəḇeyḵā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - 'your enemies'
• *wəhiggîḏ*: waw-consecutive + verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he declared'
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *bayiṯ*: noun, masculine singular - 'house'
• *yaʿăśeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'he will make'

Word Meanings

• *ṣiwwîṯî*: I commanded/I appointed/I ordained
• *šōpəṭîm*: judges/rulers/governors
• *wahănîḥōṯî*: and I have given rest/and I have provided peace
• *wəhiggîḏ*: and he declared/and he announced/and he made known

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. 10 They cried to Yahweh, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. 11 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
• 2 Sam 7:1 : 1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had given him rest from all his enemies round about,
• 2 Sam 7:27 : 27 For you, Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
• Judg 2:14-16 : 14 The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers who despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. 15 Wherever they went out, the hand of Yahweh was against them for evil, as Yahweh had spoken, and as Yahweh had sworn to them: and they were sore distressed. 16 Yahweh raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who despoiled them.
• Exod 1:21 : 21 It happened, because the midwives feared God, that he gave them families.
• 1 Kgs 11:38 : 38 It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
• 1 Chr 17:10 : 10 and [as] from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will build you a house.
• 1 Chr 22:10 : 10 he shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
• Job 5:18-19 : 18 For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole. 19 He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
• Job 34:29 : 29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man:
• Ps 46:9 : 9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth. He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear. He burns the chariots in the fire.
• Ps 89:3-4 : 3 "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, 4 'I will establish your seed forever, And build up your throne to all generations.'" Selah.
• Ps 106:42 : 42 Their enemies also oppressed them. They were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Ps 127:1 : 1 > Unless Yahweh builds the house, They labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, The watchman guards it in vain.
• Prov 14:1 : 1 Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
• 1 Sam 25:28 : 28 Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
• 1 Kgs 2:24 : 24 Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.