Did you not,הֲלֹא אַתָּהour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵינוּdispossessהוֹרַשְׁתָּthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof thisהַזֹּאתlandהָאָרֶץfrom beforeמִלִּפְנֵיyour peopleעַמְּךָIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand give itוַתִּתְּנָהּto the offspringלְזֶרַעof Abraham,אַבְרָהָםwho loved you,אֹהַבְךָforever?לְעוֹלָם
2 Chronicles 20:7
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2 Chronicles 20:7, word by word
- our Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- dispossessהוֹרַשְׁתָּhorashta
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horashta” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- from beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- your peopleעַמְּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and give itתִּתְּנָtitna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titna” appears- to the offspringזֶרַעzera
offspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zera” appears- of Abrahamאַבְרָהָםavraham
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appears- who loved youאֹהַבְohav
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ohav” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
Translation note
“Who loved you”: Isaiah 41:8 uses the same Hebrew word for Abraham (“my friend”).
The context
6and said, “YHWH, Elohim of our fathers, are you not Elohim in the heavens? And you rule over all the kingdoms of the nations; in your hand are power and might, and there is no one able to stand firm against you.
7 · This verse (above)
8They lived in it and built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,