Study it in the app“King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of YHWH and for the footstool of the feet of our Elohim, and I made preparations to build it.”
KingהַמֶּלֶךְDavidדָּוִידroseוַיָּקָםto his feetעַל רַגְלָיוand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Listen to me,שְׁמָעוּנִיmy brothersאַחַיand my people.וְעַמִּיAs for me,אֲנִיit wasעִםin my heartלְבָבִיto buildלִבְנוֹתa houseבֵּיתof restמְנוּחָהfor the arkלַאֲרוֹןof the covenantבְּרִיתof YHWHיְהוָהand for the footstoolוְלַהֲדֹםof the feetרַגְלֵיof our Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּand I made preparationsוַהֲכִינוֹתִיto build it.לִבְנוֹת
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shemau” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “aach” appearspeople
A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.
Where else “ami” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appearsbuild
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsrest, resting place
Rest, a place of rest.
Where else “menucha” appearsark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsfootstool
Footstool: a low stool on which the feet of someone seated rest. The Bible uses it as an image: the ark, the temple, or the earth is God's "footstool," that is, the place where his throne touches the earth.
Where else “hadom” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsprepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinoti” appears1David assembled at Jerusalem all the chiefs of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions who ministered to the king, and the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the chiefs over all the property and livestock of the king and of his sons, with the officials and the mighty men and every mighty man of valor.
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3But Elohim said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a man of wars and have shed blood.’
