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But Elohimוְהָאֱלֹהִיםsaid to me,אָמַר לִי‘You shall notלֹאbuildתִבְנֶהa houseבַיִתfor my name,לִשְׁמִיforכִּיyouאַתָּהare a manאִישׁof warsמִלְחָמוֹתand have shedוְ שָׁפָכְתָּblood.’דָמִים
1 Chronicles 28:3
Study it in the app“But Elohim said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you are a man of wars and have shed blood.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 28:3, word by word
- But Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- said to meאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- buildתִבְנֶהtivne
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “tivne” appears- a houseבַיִתvayit
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vayit” appears- for my nameשְׁמִshemi
name of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shemi” appears- are a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of warsמִלְחָמוֹתmilchamot
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamot” appears- and have shedשָׁפָכְתָּshafachta
spill
To empty out water or blood; "spill blood" is to kill.
Where else “shafachta” appears- blood.’דָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears
The context
2King 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4Yet YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever; for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.