What Does 2 Samuel 7:17 Mean in the King James?
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
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
The Hebrew words for “words” and “spoke” share one root, joining the message to the act of giving it voice.
THE MEANING
What you see and what you can say meet in a single act of speech. The verse presents speech as carrying both the words and the vision together, so what reaches another person is more than a bare report.
THE ROOT
דְּבָרִים
devarim
GROWS FROM
דבר
Speak, declare
“words / spoke” in this verse is devarim. English separates “words” from “spoke,” but both forms grow from the root דָּבָר (davar), meaning “word” or “matter.” The verse’s repeated root links the message to its voicing: the vision is carried in the words spoken.
ALSO GROWS
dāḇār: Word; matter or thing
דָּבָר
The verse’s “words” are not detached from what is being conveyed; they carry its substance.
dibber: He spoke
דִּבֶּר
This is the verb behind “spoke,” sharing its root with “words” and binding utterance to message.
מַרְאֶה
mar'eh
GROWS FROM
ראה
See, perceive
The word translated “vision” comes from the root רָאָה (ra’ah), meaning “see” or “perceive.” It holds the seen and the spoken together: what is spoken carries something first perceived.
ALSO GROWS
ra'ah: See; perceive
רָאָה
The vision rests on seeing, so the speech carries more than words alone.
ro'eh: Seer; one who sees
רֹאֶה
This related form names the one whose perception becomes part of what is conveyed.
נָתָן
Natan
GROWS FROM
נתן
Give, set, place
Nathan’s name comes from נָתַן (natan), meaning “give” or “set.” The name echoes the movement in the verse: what is received is given onward in speech.
ALSO GROWS
natan: Give; set; place
נָתַן
The name’s root evokes the act of handing something onward.
mattanah: Gift
מַתָּנָה
This related word for a gift echoes how a message can be given from one person to another.
THE PATTERN
What is seen and received becomes shareable when it is given words.
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.For we can not but speak the things which we have seen and heard.THE THREAD
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,The word comes to Nathan in this verse, and in 2 Samuel 7:17 he speaks it onward to David. The shared Hebrew root for “word” and “speak” traces the message from reception into utterance.
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