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The spiritרוּחַof YHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרthrough me;בִּיhis wordוּמִלָּתוֹwas onעַלmy tongue.לְשׁוֹנִי
2 Samuel 23:2
Study it in the app“The spirit of YHWH spoke through me; his word was on my tongue.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 23:2, word by word
- The spiritרוּחַruach
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appears- of 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- his wordמִלָּתmilat
word, speech
A word, a saying; what someone says. It is a poetic word, used very often in the book of Job.
Where else “milat” appears- my tongueלְשׁוֹנִleshoni
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshoni” appears
Translation note
Jesus and the apostles say that David spoke by the Holy Spirit (Matthew 22:43; Acts 1:16). In the Old Testament this translation writes “spirit” in lowercase because the Hebrew does not make the distinction.
The context
1These 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:
2 · This verse (above)
3The Elohim of Israel said, to me the Rock of Israel spoke: ‘One who rules over human beings, righteous, who rules in the fear of Elohim,