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is like the lightוּכְאוֹרof morningבֹּקֶרwhen the sunשָׁמֶשׁrises,יִזְרַחa morningבֹּקֶרwithoutלֹאclouds;עָבוֹתfrom the brightness,מִנֹּגַהּfrom the rain,מִמָּטָרsprings vegetationדֶּשֶׁאfrom the earth.’מֵאָרֶץ
2 Samuel 23:4
Study it in the app“is like the light of morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds; from the brightness, from the rain, springs vegetation from the earth.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 23:4, word by word
- is like the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- of morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- when the sunשָׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- risesיִזְרַחyizrach
rise, shine
Rise (of the sun); shine, dawn.
Where else “yizrach” appears- cloudsעָבוֹתavot
thick cloud
A dark, laden cloud that brings rain or storm.
Where else “avot” appears- from the brightnessנֹּגַהּnogah
brightness
Brightness, shining: the light of fire, of dawn, of the sun, or of the presence of God.
Where else “nogah” appears- from the rainמָּטָרmatar
rain
Rain.
Where else “matar” appears- springs vegetationדֶּשֶׁאdeshe
vegetation
Tender vegetation that sprouts: new grass, green growth.
Where else “deshe” appears- from the earth.’אָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
Translation note
The second half is very brief in Hebrew: literally, “from the brightness, from the rain, vegetation of the earth.”
The context
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,
4 · This verse (above)
5For is not my house so with El? For an eternal covenant he has set for me, ordered in all things and secured. For all my salvation and all my delight, will he not make them sprout?