The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 6:2 Explained

2 Chronicles 6:2

KJV: But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

YLT: and I -- I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.'

Darby: But I have built a house of habitation for thee, even a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

ASV: But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But I have built  an house  of habitation  for thee, and a place  for thy dwelling  for ever. 

What does 2 Chronicles 6:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 6

1  Solomon, having blessed the people, blessed God
12  Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the bronze platform

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 6:2 mean?

And I have surely built an house exalted You and a place for You to dwell in forever
וַֽאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית־ זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים

וַֽאֲנִ֛י  And  I 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular
Root: אֲנִי  
Sense: I (first pers.
בָּנִ֥יתִי  have  surely  built 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
בֵית־  an  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
זְבֻ֖ל  exalted 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: זְבֻל 
Sense: exalted, residence, elevation, lofty abode, height, habitation.
וּמָכ֥וֹן  and  a  place 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָכֹון  
Sense: fixed or established place, foundation.
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖  for  You  to  dwell  in 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
עוֹלָמִֽים  forever 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.