Forוְכִיwhoמִיam I,אֲנִיand whoוּמִיare my people,עַמִּיthatכִּיwe should haveנַעְצֹרstrengthכֹּחַto offer willinglyלְהִתְנַדֵּבlike this?כָּזֹאתForכִּיfrom youמִמְּךָcomes everything,הַכֹּלand from your handוּמִיָּדְךָwe have givenנָתַנּוּto you.לָךְ
1 Chronicles 29:14
Study it in the app“For 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.”
David acknowledges that what the people give, they received from GodGenerosity and Money
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:14, word by word
- are my peopleעַמִּami
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “ami” appears- we should haveנַעְצֹרnatsor
retain
To keep one's strength to do something, without being left without it.
Where else “natsor” appears- strengthכֹּחַkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- to offer willinglyהִתְנַדֵּבhitnadev
volunteer
To give oneself gladly.
Where else “hitnadev” appears- and from your handיָּדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- we have givenנָתַנּוּnatanu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natanu” appears
The context
13And now, our Elohim, we give thanks to you and praise the name of your beauty.
14 · This verse (above)
15For we are resident aliens before you and temporary residents, like all our fathers; like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope.