2 Chronicles 20:7

“Did you not, our Elohim, dispossess the inhabitants of this land from before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham, who loved you, forever?”

2 Chronicles 20:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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