1 Chronicles 17:1
After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”
BSB
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ASV
And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.
KJV
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֕י | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר | ka.'a.Sher | just when | H834 → |
| יָשַׁ֥ב | ya.Shav | he dwelt | H3427 → |
| דָּוִ֖יד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| בְּבֵית֑וֹ | be.vei.To | in house his | H1004 → |
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| דָּוִ֜יד | da.Vid | David | H1732 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| נָתָ֣ן | na.Tan | Nathan | H5416 → |
| הַנָּבִ֗יא | ha.na.Vi' | the prophet | H5030 → |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hi.Neh | here! | H2009 → |
| אָנֹכִ֤י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| יוֹשֵׁב֙ | yo.Shev | [am] dwelling | H3427 → |
| בְּבֵ֣ית | be.Veit | in [the] house of | H1004 → |
| הָֽאֲרָזִ֔ים | ha.'a.ra.Zim | <the> cedar<s> | H730 → |
| וַאֲר֥וֹן | va.'a.Ron | and [the] ark of | H727 → |
| בְּרִית־ | be.rit- | [the] covenant of | H1285 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| תַּ֥חַת | Ta.chat | [is] under | H8478 → |
| יְרִיעֽוֹת׃ | ye.ri.'ot | tent curtains | H3407 → |
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