2 Samuel 23:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ He shall be] as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds, [When] the tender grass [springeth] out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּכְא֥וֹר בֹּ֖קֶר יִזְרַח־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ בֹּ֚קֶר לֹ֣א עָב֔וֹת מִנֹּ֥גַהּ מִמָּטָ֖ר דֶּ֥שֶׁא מֵאָֽרֶץ

Transliteration

And kəʾôr bōqer yizraḥ-šāmeš; bōqer lōʾ ʿāḇôṯ, minnōgah mimmāṭār dešeʾ mēʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*û-*: conjunction - and
*kə-*: preposition - like/as
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - light of
*bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
*yizraḥ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it shines
*šāmeš*: noun, feminine singular - sun
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿāḇôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - clouds
*min-*: preposition - from
*nōgah*: noun, masculine singular - brightness
*māṭār*: noun, masculine singular - rain
*dešeʾ*: noun, masculine singular - grass/vegetation
*mē-*: preposition - from
*ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular - earth/land

Word Meanings

*ʾôr*: light/brightness
*bōqer*: morning/dawn
*yizraḥ*: rises/shines/dawns
*ʿāḇôṯ*: clouds/thickness/darkness
*nōgah*: brightness/radiance/light
*dešeʾ*: grass/green herb/vegetation

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 5:31 : 31 So let all thine enemies perish, O Jehovah: But let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Ps 72:6 : 6 He will come down like rain upon the mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
Ps 89:36 : 36 His seed shall endure for ever, And his throne as the sun before me.
Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Hos 6:5 : 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are [as] the light that goeth forth.
Mic 5:7 : 7 And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarry not for man, nor wait for the sons of men.
Mal 4:2 : 2 But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us, 79 To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
John 1:7 : 7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
Deut 32:2 : 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
Isa 4:2 : 2 In that day shall the branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.
Isa 60:1 : 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
Isa 60:3 : 3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Isa 60:18-20 : 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Hos 6:3 : 3 And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.
Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

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