1 Kings 8:44
When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
BSB
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ASV
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
KJV
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּי־ | ki- | if | H3588 → |
| יֵצֵ֨א | ye.Tze' | it will go forth | H3318 → |
| עַמְּךָ֤ | 'a.me.Kha | people your | H5971 → |
| לַמִּלְחָמָה֙ | la.mil.cha.Mah | for <the> battle | H4421 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| אֹ֣יְב֔וֹ | 'o.ye.Vo | enemy its | H341 → |
| בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ | ba.De.rekh | by the way | H1870 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם | tish.la.Chem | you will send them | H7971 → |
| וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ | ve.hit.pa.Lu | and they will pray | H6419 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| יְהוָ֗ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| דֶּ֤רֶךְ | De.rekh | [the] direction of | H1870 → |
| הָעִיר֙ | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| בָּחַ֣רְתָּ | ba.Char.ta | you have chosen | H977 → |
| בָּ֔הּ | Bah | <in> it | |
| וְהַבַּ֖יִת | ve.ha.Ba.yit | and the house | H1004 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| בָּנִ֥תִי | ba.Ni.ti | I have built | H1129 → |
| לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃ | lish.Me.kha | for name your | H8034 → |
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