1 Kings 8:43
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
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ASV
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
KJV
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
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31 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַתָּ֞ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| תִּשְׁמַ֤ע | tish.Ma' | you will hear | H8085 → |
| הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ | ha.sha.Ma.yim | the heavens | H8064 → |
| מְכ֣וֹן | me.Khon | [the] place | H4349 → |
| שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ | shiv.Te.kha | dwelling you | H3427 → |
| וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ | ve.'a.Si.ta | and you will do | H6213 → |
| כְּכֹ֛ל | ke.Khol | according to all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | that | H834 → |
| יִקְרָ֥א | yik.Ra' | he will call | H7121 → |
| אֵלֶ֖יךָ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
| הַנָּכְרִ֑י | ha.na.khe.Ri | the foreigner | H5237 → |
| לְמַ֣עַן | le.Ma.'an | so that | H4616 → |
| יֵדְעוּן֩ | ye.de.'Un | they may know ! | H3045 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| עַמֵּ֨י | 'a.Mei | [the] peoples of | H5971 → |
| הָאָ֜רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the earth | H776 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| שְׁמֶ֗ךָ | she.Me.kha | name your | H8034 → |
| לְיִרְאָ֤ה | le.yir.'Ah | to fear | H3372 → |
| אֹֽתְךָ֙ | 'o.te.Kha | <obj.> you | H853 → |
| כְּעַמְּךָ֣ | ke.'a.me.Kha | like people your | H5971 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| וְלָדַ֕עַת | ve.la.Da.'at | and to know | H3045 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| שִׁמְךָ֣ | shim.Kha | name your | H8034 → |
| נִקְרָ֔א | nik.Ra' | it has been called | H7121 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הַבַּ֥יִת | ha.Ba.yit | the house | H1004 → |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| בָּנִֽיתִי׃ | ba.Ni.ti | I have built | H1129 → |
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