DavidדָּוִידblessedוַיְבָרֶךְYHWHאֶת יְהוָהin the sightלְעֵינֵיof allכָּלthe assembly.הַקָּהָלDavidדָּוִידsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Blessedבָּרוּךְare you,אַתָּהYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלour father,אָבִינוּfrom eternityמֵעוֹלָםto eternity.וְעַד עוֹלָם
1 Chronicles 29:10
Study it in the app“David blessed YHWH in the sight of all the assembly. David said, “Blessed are you, YHWH, the Elohim of Israel our father, from eternity to eternity.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:10, word by word
- Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- blessedיְבָרֶךְyevarech
bless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “yevarech” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- in the sightעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- the assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- our fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- from eternityעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
9The people rejoiced that they had offered willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered willingly to YHWH; and also David the king rejoiced with great joy.
10 · This verse (above)
11Yours, YHWH, are the greatness and the might and the beauty and the eminence and the splendor, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth is yours. Yours, YHWH, is the kingdom, and you are the one who exalts himself as head over all.