2 Samuel 7:29
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
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ASV
now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
KJV
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | ve.'a.Tah | and now | H6258 → |
| הוֹאֵל֙ | ho.'El | be willing | H2974 → |
| וּבָרֵךְ֙ | u.va.reKh | and bless | H1288 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| עַבְדְּךָ֔ | 'av.de.Kha | servant your | H5650 → |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lih.Yot | to be | H1961 → |
| לְעוֹלָ֖ם | le.'o.Lam | for ever | H5769 → |
| לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | le.fa.Nei.kha | <to> before you | H6440 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| אַתָּ֞ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| אֲדֹנָ֤י | 'a.do.Nai | O Lord | H136 → |
| יְהוִה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3069 → |
| דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ | di.Bar.ta | you have spoken | H1696 → |
| וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔ | u.mi.bir.Kha.te.kha | and from blessing your | H1293 → |
| יְבֹרַ֥ךְ | ye.vo.Rakh | it will be blessed | H1288 → |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → |
| עַבְדְּךָ֖ | 'av.de.Kha | servant your | H5650 → |
| לְעוֹלָֽם׃ פ | le.'o.Lam | for ever | H5769 → |
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