Study it in the app“And you shall not cut off your loyal love from my house forever, not even when YHWH cuts off the enemies of David, each one, from the face of the ground.””
And you shall notוְלֹאcut offתַכְרִתyour loyal loveאֶת חַסְדְּךָfromמֵעִםmy houseבֵּיתִיforever,עַד עוֹלָםnot evenוְלֹאwhenבְּYHWHיְהוָהcuts offהַכְרִתthe enemiesאֶת אֹיְבֵיof David,דָוִדeach one,אִישׁfromמֵעַלthe faceפְּנֵיof the ground.”הָאֲדָמָה
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “tachrit” appearsfaithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chasd” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “beti” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” 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 “yehva” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearssurface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appearsland
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appearsDavid fulfilled it with Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son (2 Samuel 9:1-7).
14And if I am still alive, will you not show me the loyal love of YHWH, so that I do not die?
15 · This verse (above)
16Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David: “May YHWH call them to account at the hand of the enemies of David.”
