Study it in the app“And now, as YHWH lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made for me a house, as he spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.””
And now,וְעַתָּהas YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיwhoאֲשֶׁרhas established meהֱכִינַנִיand set meוַיּוֹשִׁיבַנִיonעַלthe throneכִּסֵּאof Davidדָּוִדmy father,אָבִיand whoוַאֲשֶׁרhas madeעָשָׂהfor meלִיa house,בַּיִתasכַּאֲשֶׁרhe spoke,דִּבֵּרsurelyכִּיtodayהַיּוֹםAdonijahאֲדֹנִיָּהוּshall be put to death.”יוּמַת
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” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearsestablish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “hechina” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshiva” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kise” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bayit” appearspromise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsAdonijah
Adonijah: the name of several men; the best known is the fourth son of David, who tried to become king instead of Solomon (1 Kings 1). It means "my Lord is YHWH."
Where else “adoniyahu” appearsbe put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumat” appears“He has made me a house”: he has given me a royal family, a dynasty (2 Samuel 7:11).
23And King Solomon swore by YHWH, saying, “So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, for against his own life Adonijah has spoken this word!
24 · This verse (above)
25And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon him, and he died.
