What Does Psalm 2:7 Mean in the King James?

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

Psalm 2:7 · KJV

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 decree names a birth, so “Son” is not an isolated title but the relation of the one brought forth.

THE MEANING

The verse meets you now by making identity relational: “Thou art my Son” stands beside “I have begotten thee.” The birth verb holds the addressed one’s belonging and origin together, while “this day” keeps the declaration present.

THE ROOT

יְלִדְתִּיךָ

yəlidtîkha

GROWS FROM

ילד

to bear, beget, bring forth

In ⁨ילד⁩ (yalad, to bear, beget, bring forth), “begotten” carries actual birth language, while the neighboring “Son” names the relation of the one brought forth. The decree speaks of belonging and origin in one utterance.

ALSO GROWS

yeled: child, boy

יֶלֶד

The same root names the one brought forth, joining the verse’s language of sonship to its language of birth.

toledot: generations, genealogies

תּוֹלְדוֹת

The root extends from an individual birth to the generations that come forth, giving “begotten” a generative reach beyond a bare title.

THE PATTERN

Birth language names the source from which a life or identity comes.

And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 4:1 · KJVThe root ⁨ילד⁩ (yalad, to bear or bring forth) describes a child’s birth in its most direct, embodied sense.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 · KJVBirth and sonship appear together, as in the psalm, joining the one brought forth with the relation named.

Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 1:13 · KJVBirth language identifies a life by its source, extending the pattern from bodily birth to origin from God.

THE THREAD

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 · KJV

Isaiah uses a form of the same root, ⁨ילד⁩ (yalad, to bear, beget, bring forth), in “a child is born,” then places “a son” beside that birth. The echo joins Psalm 2:7’s “Thou art my Son” and “I have begotten thee” as relation and bringing forth in one claim.

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