Revised Literal Translation

2 Samuel 7:16-19

16And thine houseבֵּיתְךָ֧bei.te.KhaH1004and thy kingdomוּמַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛u.mam.lakh.te.KhaH4467shall be establishedוְנֶאְמַ֨ןve.ne'.ManH539forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769beforeלְפָנֶ֑יךָle.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee: thy throneכִּֽסְאֲךָ֔kis.'a.KhaH3678shall be establishedנָכ֖וֹןna.KhonH3559forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

17According to all these wordsהַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.RimH1697,and according to all this visionהַחִזָּי֣וֹןha.chi.za.YonH2384,so did Nathanנָתָ֖ןna.TanH5416speakדִּבֶּ֥רdi.BerH1696unto Davidדָּוִֽד׃ סda.VidH1732.

18Then wentוַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'H935kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Davidדָּוִ֔דda.VidH1732in, and satוַיֵּ֖שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427beforeלִפְנֵ֣יlif.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068,and he saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Who amI, O Lordאֲדֹנָ֤י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִה֙Yah.wehH3069? and what ismy houseבֵיתִ֔יvei.TiH1004,that thou hast broughtהֲבִיאֹתַ֖נִיha.vi.'o.Ta.niH935me hithertoהֲלֹֽם׃ha.LomH1988?

19And this was yet a small thingוַתִּקְטַן֩va.tik.TanH6994in thy sightבְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙be.'ei.Nei.khaH5869,O Lordאֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִ֔הYah.wehH3069;but thou hast spokenוַתְּדַבֵּ֛רva.te.da.BerH1696also of thy servant’sעַבְדְּךָ֖'av.de.KhaH5650houseבֵּֽית־beit-H1004for a great while to comeלְמֵֽרָח֑וֹקle.me.ra.ChokH7350. And isthis the mannerתּוֹרַ֥תto.RatH8452of manהָאָדָ֖םha.'a.DamH120,O Lordאֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.NaiH136Yhwhיְהוִֽה׃Yah.wehH3069?

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