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And now,וְעַתָּהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּweאֲנַחְנוּgive thanksמוֹדִיםto youלָךְand praiseוּמְהַלְלִיםthe nameלְשֵׁםof your beauty.תִּפְאַרְתֶּךָ
1 Chronicles 29:13
Study it in the app“And now, our Elohim, we give thanks to you and praise the name of your beauty.”
David acknowledges that what the people give, they received from GodGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:13, word by word
- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- give thanksמוֹדִיםmodim
give thanks
To thank YHWH and praise him aloud for what he did.
Where else “modim” appears- and praiseמְהַלְלִיםmehallim
praise
To celebrate someone's greatness with voice and song, above all YHWH's.
Where else “mehallim” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of your beautyתִּפְאַרְתֶּtifarte
beauty
Beauty and splendor seen in something or someone.
Where else “tifarte” appears
The context
12Riches and glory come from before you, and you rule over all; in your hand are strength and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to strengthen all.
13 · This verse (above)
14For who am I, and who are my people, that we should have strength to offer willingly like this? For from you comes everything, and from your hand we have given to you.