What Does 2 Samuel 6:17 Mean in the King James?
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.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
In Hebrew, both “offered” and “burnt offerings” come from the root “go up,” while the offerings named for wholeness stand beside them.
THE MEANING
At the center is a place made ready for the ark; before the LORD, the offering rises and the peace offerings carry wholeness. You see ascent and wholeness held together in one scene of presence.
THE ROOT
וַיַּעַל
wayya'al
GROWS FROM
עלה
ʿ-l-h
To go up, rise, or ascend; in this verb form, to bring up.
“offered” in this verse is wayya'al. The verb וַיַּעַל (wayya’al, “he brought up”) stands beside עֹלוֹת (olot, “burnt offerings”), and both come from עלה (ʿ-l-h, “go up”). English separates the act of offering from the offering’s name, while Hebrew sounds them as one movement of ascent.
ALSO GROWS
olah: A burnt offering; literally, that which goes up.
עֹלָה
The offering itself shares the verb’s root, making ascent part of both the act and its name.
aliyah: Ascent, going up.
עֲלִיָּה
This branch makes the upward movement carried by the verse’s root explicit.
שְׁלָמִים
shelamim
GROWS FROM
שלם
sh-l-m
To be whole or complete; to bring to completion.
“peace offerings” in this verse is shelamim. The name שְׁלָמִים (shelamim, “offerings of wholeness”) belongs to the same root as שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “wholeness, peace”) and שָׁלֵם (shalem, “whole, complete”). English “peace” can sound like a feeling, but the Hebrew root keeps completeness within the offering’s name.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness, peace.
שָׁלוֹם
It shows the wholeness carried in the name of the offerings.
shalem: Whole, complete.
שָׁלֵם
It makes the root’s sense of completeness visible in another word from the same seed.
THE PATTERN
Offering to God appears as ritual gift, embodied life, and praise spoken aloud.
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.THE THREAD
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.Here “peace” is שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “wholeness”), from the same שלם (sh-l-m) root as the offerings named for wholeness in this verse. The blessing opens that wholeness as the LORD’s face turned toward you and peace given.
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