And to Solomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹהmy sonבְנִיgiveתֵּןa wholeשָׁלֵםheartלֵבָבto keepלִשְׁמוֹרyour commandments,מִצְוֺתֶיךָyour testimonies,עֵדְוֺתֶיךָand your statutes,וְחֻקֶּיךָand to doוְלַעֲשׂוֹתall of it,הַכֹּלand to buildוְלִבְנוֹתthe palaceהַבִּירָהfor whichאֲשֶׁרI have made preparations.”הֲכִינוֹתִי
1 Chronicles 29:19
Study it in the app“And to Solomon my son give a whole heart to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all of it, and to build the palace for which I have made preparations.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:19, word by word
- And to Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- my sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- giveתֵּןten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “ten” appears- a wholeשָׁלֵםshalem
wholehearted
With one's whole self for God.
Where else “shalem” appears- heartלֵבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- to keepשְׁמוֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- your commandmentsמִצְוֺתֶיmitsvote
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvote” appears- your testimoniesעֵדְוֺתֶיedvote
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edvote” appears- and your statutesחֻקֶּיchuke
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chuke” appears- and to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asot” appears- and to buildבְנוֹתvenot
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “venot” appears- the palaceבִּירָהbira
palace, citadel
Palace, fortress, citadel: a large, strong building. In Chronicles it is said of the house of God in Jerusalem; in Nehemiah and Esther, of a city's citadel.
Where else “bira” appears- I have made preparationsהֲכִינוֹתִיhachinoti
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hachinoti” appears
The context
18YHWH, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever as the inclination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and establish their heart toward you.
19 · This verse (above)
20David said to all the assembly, “Now bless YHWH your Elohim.” And all the assembly blessed YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, and bowed their heads and bowed down to YHWH and to the king.