2 Chronicles 6:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Young's Literal Translation
and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

King James Bible
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Hebrew
But I have chosen
וָאֶבְחַר֙ (wā·’eḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

Jerusalem
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (bî·rū·šā·lim)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

so that My Name
שְׁמִ֖י (šə·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8034: A name

will be
לִהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

there,
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and I have chosen
וָאֶבְחַ֣ר (wā·’eḇ·ḥar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 977: To try, select

David
בְּדָוִ֔יד (bə·ḏā·wîḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

to be
לִהְי֖וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

My people
עַמִּ֥י (‘am·mî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

Israel.’
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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