H3559H–כּוּן–kun

So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

נָכ֥וֹן na.Khon “[is] established”

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

וַהֲכִ֨ינוֹתִ֜י (הֲכִ֨ינוֹתִ֜י) ha.Khi.no.Ti “I will establish”

I will keep his kingdom in its place for ever, if he is strong at all times to do my orders and keep my rules, as at this day.

וַהֲכִינוֹתִ֥י (הֲכִינוֹתִ֥י) ha.khi.no.Ti “I will establish”

Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

הֵכִין֙ he.Khin “he had prepared”

Now when Rehoboam's position as king had been made certain, and he was strong, he gave up the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him.

כְּהָכִ֞ין (הָכִ֞ין) ha.Khin “established”

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.

הֵכִין֙ he.Khin “he had directed”

So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

וַיָּ֨כֶן (יָּ֨כֶן) i.Ya.khen “he established”

But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.

וַהֲכִינ֥וֹתָ (הֲכִינ֥וֹתָ) ha.khi.No.ta “you have directed”

The high places, however, were not taken away, and the hearts of the people were still not true to the God of their fathers.

הֵכִ֣ינוּ he.Khi.nu “they directed”

Who, with all his heart, is turned to God the Lord, the God of his fathers, even if he has not been made clean after the rules of the holy place.

הֵכִ֔ין he.Khin “he has directed”

They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.

וַיָּכִ֤ינוּ (יָּכִ֤ינוּ) i.ya.Khi.nu “they established”

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

הֵכִ֣ין he.Khin “he had directed”

Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

נָכ֣וֹן na.Khon “[is] established”

Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

הֱ֝כִינָ֗הּ (הֱ֝כִינָ֗) he.khi. “he established”

O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

וּתְכוֹנֵ֪ן (תְכוֹנֵ֪ן) te.kho.Nen “may you establish”

But the Lord is King for ever: he has made ready his high seat for judging.

כּוֹנֵ֖ן ko.Nen “he has established”

Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

תָּכִ֥ין ta.Khin “you establish”

For by him it was based on the seas, and made strong on the deep rivers.

יְכוֹנְנֶֽהָ׃ (יְכוֹנְנֶֽ) ye.kho.Ne. “he established”

The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he takes delight in his way.

כּוֹנָ֗נוּ ko.Na.nu “they are established”

He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

כּוֹנֵ֥ן ko.Nen “he established”

As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)

יְכוֹנְנֶ֖הָ (יְכוֹנְנֶ֖) ye.kho.Ne. “he will establish”

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

הֵכִ֣ינוּ he.Khi.nu “they prepared”

My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed; I will make songs, and give praise.

נָ֘כ֤וֹן na.Khon “[is] steadfast”נָכ֣וֹן na.Khon “[is] steadfast”

The day is yours and the night is yours: you made the light and the sun.

הֲ֝כִינ֗וֹתָ ha.khi.No.ta “you prepared”

And not be like their fathers, a stiff-necked and uncontrolled generation; a generation whose heart was hard, whose spirit was not true to God.

הֵכִ֣ין he.Khin “it directed”