Study it in the app“Yet I will not take all the kingdom from his hand, but I will make him chief all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;”
Yet I will notוְלֹאtakeאֶקַּחallאֶת כָּלthe kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָהfrom his hand,מִיָּדוֹbutכִּיI will make himאֲשִׁתֶנּוּchiefנָשִׂיאallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof his life,חַיָּיוfor the sake ofלְמַעַןDavidדָּוִדmy servant,עַבְדִּיwhomאֲשֶׁרI chose,בָּחַרְתִּי אֹתוֹwhoאֲשֶׁרkeptשָׁמַרmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיand my statutes;וְחֻקֹּתָי
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “ekach” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsmake
To turn someone into something.
Where else “ashite” appearschief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nasi” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearslife
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chayay” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsservant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bacharti” appearskeep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamar” appearscommandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appearsstatute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears33because they have abandoned me and bowed down to Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my eyes, and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.
34 · This verse (above)
35but I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give it to you, the ten tribes.
