1 Chronicles 16:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַעֲמִידֶ֤הָ לְיַעֲקֹב֙ לְחֹ֔ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃

Transliteration

And he ʿāmad [established] it to yaʿăqōb [Jacob] for ḥōq [statute], to yiśrāʾēl [Israel] bĕrît [covenant] ʿôlām [everlasting].

Grammar Details

*wǎy-* (prefix): consecutive waw - and then/so
*ʿāmad*: hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix with waw consecutive - he established it
*ḥōq*: singular noun - statute/decree
*bĕrît*: construct state - covenant of
*ʿôlām*: singular noun - everlasting/eternal
*lĕ-* (prefix): preposition - to/for

Word Meanings

*ʿāmad*: stand/establish/confirm
*ḥōq*: statute/decree/ordinance
*bĕrît*: covenant/agreement/treaty
*ʿôlām*: everlasting/eternal/perpetual

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Referenced Verses

Gen 35:11-12 : 11 And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; 12 And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Exod 3:17 : 17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Josh 24:11-13 : 11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. 13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.
2 Sam 23:5 : 5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Ps 78:10 : 10 They kept{H8804)} not the covenant of God, and refused{H8765)} to walk{H8800)} in his law;
Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Jer 11:2 : 2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Heb 13:20 : 20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

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