The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 6:7 Explained

2 Chronicles 6:7

KJV: Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

YLT: 'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,

Darby: And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

ASV: Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Now it was in the heart  of David  my father  to build  an house  for the name  of the LORD  God  of Israel. 

What does 2 Chronicles 6:7 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 6:7 mean?

Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a temple for the name of Yahweh God of Israel
וַיְהִ֕י עִם־ לְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑י לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לְשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

וַיְהִ֕י  Now  it  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
לְבַ֖ב  the  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֵבָב  
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding.
דָּוִ֣יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אָבִ֑י  my  father 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לִבְנ֣וֹת  to  build 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בָּנָה  
Sense: to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue.
בַּ֔יִת  a  temple 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
לְשֵׁ֥ם  for  the  name 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
יְהוָ֖ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵ֥י  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.