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People tagged in the matching LV passage: David · God
Dictionary: David
OET-LV And_now thus you_will_say to_servant_of_my to_Dāvid thus YHWH soldiers/messengers he_says I I_took_you from the_pasture from after the_flock to_be ruler over people_of_my Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) “So now you should tell my servant David that Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: I myself took you from the pasture, from behind the sheep, to be a leader over my people, Yisrael.
Yahweh describes his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.
(Occurrence 0) Now
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now thus say to,servant_of,my to,David thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers I I,took_you from/more_than the,pasture from/more_than after the,flock to=be ruler on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )
This does not mean “at this moment,” but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.
(Occurrence 0) tell my servant David
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now thus say to,servant_of,my to,David thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers I I,took_you from/more_than the,pasture from/more_than after the,flock to=be ruler on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )
Yahweh is still telling the prophet Nathan what he should tell David.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) I took you from the pasture
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now thus say to,servant_of,my to,David thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers I I,took_you from/more_than the,pasture from/more_than after the,flock to=be ruler on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )
David’s job as a shepherd is referred to by the place he watched his sheep. Alternate translation: [I took you from your job as a shepherd]
(Occurrence 0) pasture
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now thus say to,servant_of,my to,David thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers I I,took_you from/more_than the,pasture from/more_than after the,flock to=be ruler on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )
an area of land where animals feed on the grass. See how you translated this word in 1 Chronicles 4:39 and 4:40.
OET-LV And_now thus you_will_say to_servant_of_my to_Dāvid thus YHWH soldiers/messengers he_says I I_took_you from the_pasture from after the_flock to_be ruler over people_of_my Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) “So now you should tell my servant David that Commander-in-chief Yahweh says this: I myself took you from the pasture, from behind the sheep, to be a leader over my people, Yisrael.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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