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2 Chronicles 6:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H977 But I have chosen ואבחר

H3389 Jerusalem בירושׁלם

H1961 might be להיות

H8034 that my name שׁמי

H8033 there שׁם

H977 and have chosen ואבחר

H1732 David בדויד

H1961 to be להיות

H5921 over על

H5971 my people עמי

H3478 Israel ישׂראל׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

But

have

H977 chosen

H3389 Jerusalem

that

H8034 name

might

H1961 be

H8033 there

and

have

H977 chosen

H1732 David

H1961 be

H5921 over

H5971 people

H3478 Israel

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H3478

Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל

Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl

Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'

Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine

Bible Usage: Israel.

Definition:

he will rule as God; {Jisrael} a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

a. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

b. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

c. the name of the nation after the return from exile

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906