1 Kings 15:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

Nevertheless for David's sake did Yahweh his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י לְמַ֣עַן דָּוִ֔ד נָתַן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֥יו ל֛וֹ נִ֖יר בִּירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם לְהָקִ֤ים אֶת־בְּנוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וּֽלְהַעֲמִ֖יד אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

For for-sake-of dāwid nātan yhwh ʾĕlōhāyw to-him nîr in-yәrûshālāim to-hāqîm ʾet-bәnô after-him and-to-haʿămîd ʾet-yәrûshālāim.

Grammar Details

• *dāwid*: proper name with prefix lәmaʿan (for the sake of) - David
• *nātan*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - gave/granted
• *yhwh*: divine name - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʾĕlōhāyw*: noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his God
• *nîr*: noun, masculine singular - lamp/light/dominion
• *yәrûshālāim*: proper name with direct object marker ʾet - Jerusalem
• *hāqîm*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lә- (to/for) - to raise up/establish
• *bәnô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix with direct object marker ʾet - his son
• *haʿămîd*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed preposition lә- (to/for) - to establish/maintain

Word Meanings

• *nātan*: gave/granted/allowed/permitted
• *nîr*: lamp/light/dominion/kingdom continuation
• *hāqîm*: to raise up/establish/maintain/set up
• *bәnô*: his son
• *haʿămîd*: to establish/maintain/cause to stand

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 To his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
• 2 Chr 21:7 : 7 However Yahweh would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children always.
• Ps 18:28 : 28 For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
• Ps 87:5 : 5 Yes, of Zion it will be said, "This one and that one was born in her;" The Most High himself will establish her.
• Ps 132:17 : 17 There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
• Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.
• Isa 14:32 : 32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
• Isa 37:35 : 35 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
• Isa 62:7 : 7 and give him no rest, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
• Jer 33:2 : 2 Thus says Yahweh who does it, Yahweh who forms it to establish it; Yahweh is his name:
• Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season; 21 then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of the sky can't be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites who minister to me. 23 The word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Don't you consider what this people has spoken, saying, The two families which Yahweh did choose, he has cast them off? thus do they despise my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says Yahweh: If my covenant of day and night fails, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.
• Mic 4:1-2 : 1 But in the latter days, It will happen that the mountain of Yahweh's temple will be established on the top of the mountains, And it will be exalted above the hills; And peoples will stream to it. 2 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, And to the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
• Matt 16:18 : 18 I also tell you that you are Peter,{Peter's name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.} and on this rock{Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.} I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
• Luke 1:69-79 : 69 And has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old), 71 Salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us; 72 To show mercy towards our fathers, To remember his holy covenant, 73 The oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father, 74 To grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life. 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, For you will go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways, 77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, 78 Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us, 79 To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace."
• Luke 2:32 : 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of your people Israel."
• John 8:12 : 12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
• Rom 11:28 : 28 Concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
• Rev 22:16 : 16 I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star."
• Gen 12:2 : 2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you, and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
• Gen 19:29 : 29 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
• Gen 26:5 : 5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
• Deut 4:37 : 37 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
• 2 Sam 7:12-16 : 12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men; 15 but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. 16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall be established forever.
• 2 Sam 21:17 : 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you don't quench the lamp of Israel.
• 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake: but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
• 1 Kgs 11:32 : 32 (but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);