Study it in the app“David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite, let him reach through the channel the lame and the blind, hated by the soul of David.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.””
Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹם“Whoeverכָּלstrikesמַכֵּהthe Jebusite,יְבֻסִיlet him reachוְיִגַּעthrough the channelבַּצִּנּוֹרthe lameוְ הַפִּסְחִיםand the blind,וְ הַעִוְרִיםhatedשְׂנֻאֵיby the soulנֶפֶשׁof David.”דָּוִדThereforeעַל כֵּןthey say,יֹאמְרוּ“The blindעִוֵּרand the lameוּפִסֵּחַshall notלֹאcomeיָבוֹאintoאֶלthe house.”הַבָּיִת
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “make” appearsJebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appearsreach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “yiga” appearschannel
A conduit through which water runs.
Where else “tsinor” appearslame
Lame.
Where else “pischim” appearsblind
Someone who cannot see.
Where else “ivrim” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “senue” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsA difficult verse in Hebrew. “The channel” may be the conduit through which the city got its water. “The lame and the blind” repeats the words of the Jebusites’ taunt (v. 6). “The house” may be the palace or the temple.
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David captures Jerusalem
2 Samuel 5:6-10
6The king and his men went to Jerusalem, against the Jebusite, who lived in the land; and he said to David, “You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will turn you away,” as if to say, “David will not come in here.” 7But David captured the stronghold of Zion; that is the city of David. 8David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite, let him reach through the channel the lame and the blind, hated by the soul of David.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.” 9David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David; and David built all around from the Millo inward. 10David kept growing greater, and YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, was with him.
4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Jebus; and there was the Jebusite, the inhabitants of the land. 5The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, “You will not come in here.” But David captured the stronghold of Zion; that is the city of David. 6David said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusite first will be head and commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became head. 7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. 8He built the city all around, from the Millo to the surrounding area; and Joab revived the rest of the city. 9David kept growing greater, and YHWH Tsevaot was with him.
7But David captured the stronghold of Zion; that is the city of David.
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9David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David; and David built all around from the Millo inward.
