2 Kings 9:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ פַךְ־הַשֶּׁ֙מֶן֙ וְיָצַקְתָּ֣ עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְאָֽמַרְתָּ֙ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥יךָֽ לְמֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּפָתַחְתָּ֥ הַדֶּ֛לֶת וְנַ֖סְתָּה וְלֹ֥א תְחַכֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wəlāqaḥtā pak-the šemen and wəyāṣaqtā upon-rōʾšô and wəʾāmartā thus-ʾāmar YHWH məšaḥtîkā for melek to-Yiśrāʾēl and ûpātaḥtā the delet and wənastâ and not təḥakkê.

Grammar Details

• *wəlāqaḥtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you will take
• *pak*: noun, masculine singular construct - flask of
• *šemen*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the oil
• *wəyāṣaqtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you will pour
• *rōʾšô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head
• *wəʾāmartā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you will say
• *ʾāmar*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - says/has said
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
• *məšaḥtîkā*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I have anointed you
• *melek*: noun, masculine singular - king
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ûpātaḥtā*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you will open
• *delet*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the door
• *wənastâ*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and you will flee
• *təḥakkê*: verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will wait/delay

Word Meanings

• *məšaḥtîkā*: I have anointed you/I am anointing you
• *melek*: king/to be king
• *wənastâ*: and flee/and hurry away/and depart quickly
• *təḥakkê*: wait/delay/tarry

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 19:16 : 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
• 2 Kgs 8:13 : 13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
• 2 Chr 22:7 : 7 And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
• Ps 75:6-7 : 6 For promotion{H8687)}{H8676)} cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge{H8802)}: he putteth down{H8686)} one, and setteth up{H8686)} another.
• Prov 8:15-16 : 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
• Jer 27:5-7 : 5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. 7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
• Dan 2:1 : 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
• Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
• Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
• Matt 2:13 : 13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
• Matt 10:16 : 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
• John 19:10-11 : 10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? 11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
• Exod 29:7 : 7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
• Lev 8:12 : 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
• 1 Sam 9:16 : 16 To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me.
• 1 Sam 15:1 : 1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
• 1 Sam 15:17 : 17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
• 1 Sam 16:2 : 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
• 1 Sam 16:12-13 : 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.