What Does 1 Kings 1:22 Mean?
And behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in.THE KEY
Nathan’s name means “he gave,” and he enters while Bathsheba is still speaking.
THE MEANING
Your words may still be unfolding when another presence enters. The one who comes bears a name rooted in giving and setting in place, joining ongoing speech with an arrival marked by giving.
THE ROOT
נָתָן
Natan
GROWS FROM
נתן
n-t-n
give, set, place
Nathan’s name carries the root of giving and placing. He enters while another person’s speech is still underway, holding a name marked by giving beside words still being spoken.
ALSO GROWS
give: to give
נָתַן
This is the verb behind Nathan’s name, which carries the sense “he gave.”
gift: gift
מַתָּנָה
This branch makes the root’s giving sense concrete: what is given is a gift.
מְדַבֶּרֶת
medabberet
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
to speak
English “talked” can suggest passing conversation, while this word belongs to a root whose noun branch means word, matter, or thing. The verse places Nathan’s entrance inside speech that has substance and is still unfolding.
ALSO GROWS
spoke: he spoke
דִּבֶּר
This is another form from the same speaking root that appears in the verse.
davar: word, matter, thing
דָּבָר
The shared root links speaking with the matter being spoken about.
THE PATTERN
A presence can enter while a human voice is still speaking.
Behold, while you are still speaking there with the king, I also will come in after you, and fill your words.And as they spoke these things, Jesus himself stood in the middle of them, and said to them, Wholeness be to you.While Peter was still speaking these words, the Set-Apart Breath fell upon all who heard the word.THE THREAD
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to shine upon the earth.The root behind Nathan’s name, meaning “he gave,” also gives the verb translated “set” here. The shared root holds giving and placing together: what is set in place serves the giving of light.
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