2 Samuel 6:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבִ֜אוּ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֗ה וַיַּצִּ֤גוּ אֹתוֹ֙ בִּמְקוֹמ֔וֹ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָאֹ֔הֶל אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָטָה־ל֖וֹ דָּוִ֑ד וַיַּ֨עַל דָּוִ֥ד עֹל֛וֹת לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃

Transliteration

And yābîʾû ʾet-ʾărôn YHWH and yaṣṣigû ʾōtô in-məqômô in-midst the-ʾōhel which nāṭāh-for-him Dāwid and yaʿal Dāwid ʿōlôt before YHWH and-šəlāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *yābîʾû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they brought
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ʾărôn*: masculine singular construct - ark
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD
• *yaṣṣigû*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they set
• *ʾōtô*: direct object marker with 3rd masculine singular suffix - it
• *məqômô*: masculine singular with prefix and 3rd masculine singular suffix - its place
• *ʾōhel*: masculine singular with definite article - tent
• *nāṭāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he pitched/stretched out
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *yaʿal*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he offered
• *ʿōlôt*: feminine plural - burnt offerings
• *šəlāmîm*: masculine plural - peace offerings

Word Meanings

• *ʿōlôt*: burnt offerings/whole offerings
• *šəlāmîm*: peace offerings/fellowship offerings/well-being offerings

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 15:1 : 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
• 2 Chr 1:4 : 4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
• 1 Kgs 8:5 : 5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
• 1 Kgs 8:62-65 : 62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. 63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. 64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
• Ps 132:8 : 8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
• 1 Chr 16:1 : 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
• 2 Chr 5:6 : 6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
• 2 Chr 7:5-7 : 5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
• Ezra 6:16-17 : 16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.