פֶּ֥סֶלpe·selManasseh even took the carvedH6459 √ peçel — an idolNounmasculine singular construct
peçel: an idol, a carved image The word of Exodus 20:4 and Deuteronomy 4:16. Placing a pesel in the house of the Name is not one sin among the list but the second commandment broken at the address where the first was pledged. The Verifier records the shared lexeme with Deuteronomy 4:16, where the word stands in the prohibition itself.
הַסֶּ֖מֶלhas·se·melimageH5566 √ çemel — a likenessArticleNounmasculine singular
çemel: a likeness, an image Five verses in the canon carry this noun: Deuteronomy 4:16, this verse and v. 15, and Ezekiel 8:3 and 8:5. K&D reasons from that distribution to a literary dependence, though the direction of borrowing is his conjecture. What the lexeme count does establish is that the Chronicler chose a word almost no one else uses, and every other user is describing an image that ought not to exist.
√ ʼăsher — who, which, what, thatPronounrelative
עָשָׂ֑ה‘ā·śāhhe had madeH6213 √ ʻâsâh — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationVerbQalPerfectthird person masculine singular
וַיָּ֕שֶׂםway·yā·śemand set it upH7760 √ sûwm — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)Conjunctive wawVerbQalConsecutive imperfectthird person masculine singular
√ ʼêth — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)Direct object marker
בְּבֵ֣יתbə·ḇêṯin the houseH1004 √ bayith — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etcPreposition-bNounmasculine singular construct
הָאֱלֹהִ֗יםhā·’ĕ·lō·hîmof GodH430 √ ʼĕlôhîym — gods in the ordinary senseArticleNounmasculine plural
ʼĕlôhîym: God, gods in the ordinary sense Ellicott notes that Chronicles has added "of God" here where Kings says only "the house," and that the Temple proper is meant as distinct from the courts of v. 5. The intrusion is therefore graded: altars in the courts, then the image in the sanctuary itself.
אֲשֶׁ֨ר’ă·šerof whichH834 √ ʼăsher — who, which, what, thatPronounrelative
אֱלֹהִים֙’ĕ·lō·hîmGodH430 √ ʼĕlôhîym — gods in the ordinary senseNounmasculine plural
√ ʼâmar — to say (used with great latitude)VerbQalPerfectthird person masculine singular
√ ʼêl — near, with or amongPreposition
√ Dâvid — David, the youngest son of JesseNounpropermasculine singular
√ ʼêl — near, with or amongConjunctive wawPreposition
בְנ֔וֹḇə·nōwand his sonH1121 √ bên — 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, etcNounmasculine singular constructthird person masculine singular
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הšə·lō·mōhSolomonH8010 √ Shᵉlômôh — Shelomah, David's successorNounpropermasculine singular
הַזֶּ֜הhaz·zehIn thisH2088 √ zeh — the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatArticlePronounmasculine singular
בַּבַּ֨יִתbab·ba·yiṯtempleH1004 √ bayith — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etcPreposition-b, ArticleNounmasculine singular
וּבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗םū·ḇî·rū·šā·limand in JerusalemH3389 √ Yᵉrûwshâlaim — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineConjunctive waw, Preposition-bNounproperfeminine singular
√ ʼăsher — who, which, what, thatPronounrelative
בָּחַ֙רְתִּי֙bā·ḥar·tîI have chosenH977 √ bâchar — properly, to try, iVerbQalPerfectfirst person common singular
bâchar: properly to try, hence to select Election language, and the Chronicler's favourite. The promise quoted is the one given at 2 Chronicles 7:16 to Solomon. Its presence here is the Chronicler's own argument: the chosenness of the place is not contingent on the behaviour of the king who stands in it.
מִכֹּל֙mik·kōlout of allH3605 √ kôl — properly, the wholePreposition-mNounmasculine singular construct
שִׁבְטֵ֣יšiḇ·ṭêthe tribesH7626 √ shêbeṭ — a scion, iNounmasculine plural construct
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiś·rā·’êlof IsraelH3478 √ Yisrâʼêl — Jisrael, a symbolical name of JacobNounpropermasculine singular
אָשִׂ֥ים’ā·śîmI will establishH7760 √ sûwm — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)VerbQalImperfectfirst person common singular
√ ʼêth — properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)Direct object marker
√ shêm — an appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityNounmasculine singular constructfirst person common singular
shêm: an appellation, a memorial of individuality The second occurrence of the Name promise in four verses (see v. 4). Both times it is quoted as spoken speech of God, and both times it frames an act of defilement. The Chronicler is not softening Manasseh; he is showing that the promise is older and harder than the sin.
לְעֵילֽוֹם׃lə·‘ê·lō·wmforeverH5865 √ ʻêylôwm — {concealed, iPreposition-lNounmasculine singular
ʻêylôwm: forever, a unique spelling of ʻôwlâm A hapax form. Ellicott and K&D independently flag it. A scribal variant is the simplest explanation and is honestly the likeliest; no meaning should be built on the spelling itself.