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1 Kingschapter 8

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1 Kings 8— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

1 Kings 8:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיְהִ֕יvayhiand it wasH1961בְּצֵ֥אתbetzetwhen came outH3318הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםhakohanimthe priestsH3548מִן־min-fromH4480הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁhakodeshthe holy placeH6944וְהֶעָנָ֥ןveheananand the cloudH6051מָלֵ֖אmale'it filledH4390אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004יְהוָֽה׃yahwehYahwehH3068

Rashi on I Kings 8:10

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
After the Kohanim went out of the Kodesh. As the Kohanim who carried the Ark into the Holy of Holies were leaving, the Divine Presence immediately came to rest in the Sanctuary.

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Jehovah hath performed the word that he spake12

1 Kings 8:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אָ֖זʾazthenH227אָמַ֣רʾamarhe saidH559שְׁלֹמֹ֑הshelomohSolomonH8010יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אָמַ֔רʾamarhe has saidH559לִשְׁכֹּ֖ןlishkonto dwellH7931בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃baarafelin <the> thick darknessH6205

Rashi on I Kings 8:12

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Then Shlomo declared. When he saw the cloud, he said, “Now I see that the Divine Presence is in the house which I built, for thus did He promise to come and dwell in it from the midst of a cloud and thick darkness.

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1 Kings 8:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

בָּנֹ֥הbanohcertainly <to build>H1129בָנִ֛יתִיvanitiI have builtH1129בֵּ֥יתbeita house ofH1004זְבֻ֖לzevulloftinessH2073לָ֑ךְlakhfor youמָכ֥וֹןmakhona placeH4349לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖leshivtekhato dwell in youH3427עוֹלָמִֽים׃olamimforeverH5769

Rashi on I Kings 8:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
A dwelling place for You forever. From when it was chosen it would no longer be permissible [to offer sacrifices] on improvised altars, and the Divine Presence no longer dwelled in any other place.

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1 Kings 8:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559בָּר֤וּךְbarukh[be] blessedH1288יְהוָה֙yahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾelohei[the] God ofH430יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelH3478אֲשֶׁר֙ʾasherwhoH834דִּבֶּ֣רdiberhe spokeH1696בְּפִ֔יוbefivwith mouth hisH6310אֵ֖תʾetwithH854דָּוִ֣דdavidDavidH1732אָבִ֑יʾavifather myH1וּבְיָד֥וֹuveyadoand with hand hisH3027מִלֵּ֖אmile'he has fulfilledH4390לֵאמֹֽר׃lemor<to> sayingH559

Rashi on I Kings 8:15

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Who spoke with His mouth. That He would grant him a son who would build the Beis [Hamikdosh]. 13 “With His mouth,” refers to the “voice” of prophecy which was given through Noson, the prophet, and repeated directly to Dovid. See II Shmuel:12-17.

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