Study it in the app“indeed, as I swore to you by YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so I will do this very day.””
indeed, asכִּי כַּאֲשֶׁרI sworeנִשְׁבַּעְתִּיto youלָךְby YHWH,בַּיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהyour sonבְנֵךְshall reignיִמְלֹךְafter me,אַחֲרַיand heוְהוּאshall sitיֵשֵׁבonעַלmy throneכִּסְאִיin my place,’תַּחְתָּיsoכִּי כֵּןI will doאֶעֱשֶׂהthis very day.”הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbati” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kisi” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “eese” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears29And the king swore and said, “As YHWH lives, who has rescued my life from every distress,
30 · This verse (above)
31And Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and bowed down to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
