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1 Chronicles 28:6-10

6And he saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto me, Solomonשְׁלֹמֹ֣הshe.lo.MohH8010thy sonבִנְךָ֔vin.KhaH1121,he shall buildיִבְנֶ֥הyiv.NehH1129my houseבֵיתִ֖יvei.TiH1004and my courtsוַחֲצֵרוֹתָ֑יva.cha.tze.ro.TaiH2691:for I have chosenבָחַ֨רְתִּיva.Char.tiH977him to bemy sonלְבֵ֔ןle.VenH1121,and I will be his fatherלְאָֽב׃le.'AvH1.

7Moreover I will establishוַהֲכִינוֹתִ֥יva.ha.khi.no.TiH3559his kingdomמַלְכוּת֖וֹmal.khu.ToH4438for everלְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.LamH5769,if he be constantיֶחֱזַ֗קye.che.ZakH2388to doלַעֲשׂ֛וֹתla.'a.SotH6213my commandmentsמִצְוֹתַ֥יmitz.vo.TaiH4687and my judgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖יu.mish.pa.TaiH4941,as at this dayכַּיּ֥וֹםkai.YomH3117.

8Now therefore in the sightלְעֵינֵ֨יle.'ei.NeiH5869of all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478the congregationקְהַל־ke.hal-H6951of Yhwhיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,and in the audienceוּבְאָזְנֵ֣יu.ve.'a.ze.NeiH241of our Godאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430,keepשִׁמְר֣וּshim.RuH8104and seekוְדִרְשׁ֔וּve.dir.ShuH1875for all the commandmentsמִצְוֹ֖תmitz.VotH4687of Yhwhיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemH430:that ye may possessתִּֽירְשׁוּ֙ti.re.ShuH3423this goodהַטּוֹבָ֔הha.to.VahH2896landהָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and leave itfor an inheritanceוְהִנְחַלְתֶּ֛םve.hin.chal.TemH5157for your childrenלִבְנֵיכֶ֥םliv.nei.KhemH1121afterאַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.KhemH310you forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃ פo.LamH5769.

9And thou, Solomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה־she.lo.moh-H8010my sonבְנִ֡יve.NiH1121,knowדַּע֩da'H3045thou the Godאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430of thy fatherאָבִ֜יךָ'a.Vi.khaH1,and serveוְעָבְדֵ֗הוּve.'a.ve.De.huH5647him with a perfectשָׁלֵם֙sha.LemH8003heartבְּלֵ֤בbe.LevH3820and with a willingחֲפֵצָ֔הcha.fe.TzahH2655mindוּבְנֶ֣פֶשׁu.ve.Ne.feshH5315:for Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068searchethדּוֹרֵ֣שׁdo.ReshH1875all heartsלְבָבוֹת֙le.va.VotH3824,and understandethמֵבִ֑יןme.VinH995all the imaginationsיֵ֥צֶרYe.tzerH3336of the thoughtsמַחֲשָׁב֖וֹתma.cha.sha.VotH4284:if thou seekתִּדְרְשֶׁ֙נּוּ֙tid.re.She.nuH1875him, he will be foundיִמָּ֣צֵאyi.Ma.tze'H4672of thee; but if thou forsakeתַּֽעַזְבֶ֖נּוּta.'az.Ve.nuH5800him, he will cast thee offיַזְנִיחֲךָ֥yaz.ni.cha.KhaH2186for everלָעַֽד׃la.'AdH5703.

10Take heedרְאֵ֣ה׀re.'EhH7200now; for Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hath chosenבָּ֧חַרBa.charH977thee to buildלִבְנֽוֹת־Liv.not-H1129an houseבַּ֥יִתBa.yitH1004for the sanctuaryלַמִּקְדָּ֖שׁla.mik.DashH4720:be strongחֲזַ֥קcha.ZakH2388,and doוַעֲשֵֽׂה׃ פva.'a.SehH6213it.

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