2 Samuel 7:9
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
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ASV
and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
KJV
And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֶהְיֶ֣ה | va.'eh.Yeh | and I have been | H1961 → |
| עִמְּךָ֗ | 'i.me.Kha | with you | H5973 → |
| בְּכֹל֙ | be.Khol | in every | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | where | H834 → |
| הָלַ֔כְתָּ | ha.Lakh.ta | you went | H1980 → |
| וָאַכְרִ֥תָה | va.'akh.Ri.tah | and I cut off ! | H3772 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ | 'o.ye.Vei.kha | enemies your | H341 → |
| מִפָּנֶ֑יךָ | mi.pa.Nei.kha | from before you | H6440 → |
| וְעָשִׂ֤תִֽי | ve.'a.Si.ti | and I will make | H6213 → |
| לְךָ֙ | le.Kha | for <the> you | |
| שֵׁ֣ם | shem | a name | H8034 → |
| גָּד֔וֹל | ga.Dol | great | H1419 → |
| כְּשֵׁ֥ם | ke.Shem | like [the] name of | H8034 → |
| הַגְּדֹלִ֖ים | ha.ge.do.Lim | the great [people] | H1419 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | who | H834 → |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ | ba.'A.retz | [are] on the earth | H776 → |
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