Howbeit the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
would
'abah (aw-baw')
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent -- consent, rest content will, be willing.
not destroy
shachath (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
the house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
of David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
because of the covenant
briyth (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
that he had made
karath (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
with David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
and as he promised
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
to give
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
a light
niyr (neer)
properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light -- candle, lamp, light.
to him and to his sons
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
for ever
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
