Davidדָּוִידsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto allלְכָלthe assembly,הַקָּהָל“Now blessבָּרְכוּ נָאYHWHאֶת יְהוָהyour Elohim.”אֱלֹהֵיכֶםAnd allכָלthe assemblyהַקָּהָלblessedוַיְבָרֲכוּYHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof their fathers,אֲבֹתֵיהֶםand bowed their headsוַיִּקְּדוּand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּto YHWHלַיהוָהand to the king.וְלַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Chronicles 29:20
Study it in the app“David said to all the assembly, “Now bless YHWH your Elohim.” And all the assembly blessed YHWH, the Elohim of their fathers, and bowed their heads and bowed down to YHWH and to the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 29:20, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- “Now blessבָּרְכוּbarchu
praise
To praise God: "blessed be YHWH".
Where else “barchu” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of their fathersאֲבֹתֵיavote
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appears- and bowed their headsיִּקְּדוּyikdu
bow down
Bow the head or the body as a sign of respect.
Where else “yikdu” appears- and bowed downיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּyishtachavu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachavu” appears- and to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
19And to Solomon my son give a whole heart to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all of it, and to build the palace for which I have made preparations.”
20 · This verse (above)
21They sacrificed sacrifices to YHWH and offered burnt offerings to YHWH on the day after that day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.