These areוְאֵלֶּהthe lastהָאַחֲרֹנִיםwordsדִּבְרֵיof David:דָוִד“The oracleנְאֻםof Davidדָּוִדsonבֶּןof Jesse,יִשַׁיand the oracleוּנְאֻםof the manהַגֶּבֶרwho was raisedהֻקַםon high,עָלthe anointedמְשִׁיחַof the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Jacob,יַעֲקֹבand the pleasant oneוּנְעִיםin the psalmsזְמִרוֹתof Israel:יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 Samuel 23:1
Study it in the app“These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, and the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Jacob, and the pleasant one in the psalms of Israel:”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 23:1, word by word
- the lastאַחֲרֹנִיםacharonim
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharonim” appears- wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- “The oracleנְאֻםneum
oracle
Solemn words of a man, like Balaam.
Where else “neum” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- of the manגֶּבֶרgever
man
Man, a grown man in his strength.
Where else “gever” appears- who was raisedהֻקַםhukam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hukam” appears- on highעָלal
on high, above
What is high, above. In 2 Samuel 23:1, "raised on high". In some passages it is used to speak of God as "the One on high".
Where else “al” appears- the anointedמְשִׁיחַmeshiach
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshiach” appears- of the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- and the pleasant oneנְעִיםneim
sweet-sounding
Pleasing to the ear, said of praise and song.
Where else “neim” appears- in the psalmsזְמִרוֹתzemirot
song
A song, a psalm: a song accompanied with instruments. From the same root as "sing praise."
Where else “zemirot” 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
Translation note
“The pleasant one in the psalms of Israel” is literally “pleasant of psalms of Israel”; it can be understood as the one who made Israel’s beloved songs.
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The spirit of YHWH spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.