1 Kings
1 Kings 8:38
38then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make— each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| then may whatever | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| prayer | תְּפִלָּ֣ה | tə·p̄il·lāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8605 prayer |
| or petition | תְּחִנָּ֗ה | tə·ḥin·nāh | Noun - feminine singular | H8467 favour, supplication for favour |
| Your people | עַמְּךָ֣ | ‘am·mə·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5971 people |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| make | תִֽהְיֶה֙ | ṯih·yeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| each | אִ֚ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| knowing | יֵדְע֗וּן | yê·ḏə·‘ūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3045 know |
| his own | לְבָב֔וֹ | lə·ḇā·ḇōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| afflictions | נֶ֣גַע | ne·ḡa‘ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5061 stroke, plague, mark, plague-spot |
| and spreading out | וּפָרַ֥שׂ | ū·p̄ā·raś | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H6566 spread out, spread |
| his hands | כַּפָּ֖יו | kap·pāw | Noun - feminine dual construct; third person masculine singular | H3709 hollow, or flat of the hand, palm, sole of foot, pan |
| toward | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| this | הַזֶּֽה׃ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| temple | הַבַּ֥יִת | hab·ba·yiṯ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Amos 7:1–6 · 1 Kings 8:22 · Psalm 73:21–22 · Philippians 4:6 · 2 Chronicles 20:5–13 · Psalm 142:3–5 · Isaiah 1:15 · Proverbs 14:10 · Isaiah 37:15–21 · Psalm 91:15 · Psalm 50:15 · Joel 2:17
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.