2 Samuel 7:22
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
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ASV
Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
KJV
Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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15 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֥ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| גָּדַ֖לְתָּ | ga.Dal.ta | you are great | H1431 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | 'a.do.Nai | O Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִ֑ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| אֵ֣ין | 'ein | there not | H369 → |
| כָּמ֗וֹךָ | ka.Mo.kha | [is] like you | H3644 → |
| וְאֵ֤ין | ve.'Ein | and there not | H369 → |
| אֱלֹהִים֙ | 'E.lo.Him | [is] a God | H430 → |
| זֽוּלָתֶ֔ךָ | zu.la.Te.kha | except you | H2108 → |
| בְּכֹ֥ל | be.Khol | in all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | that | H834 → |
| שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ | sha.Ma'.nu | we have heard | H8085 → |
| בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃ | be.'a.ze.Nei.nu | with ears our | H241 → |
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