What Does Psalm 45:14 Mean in the King James?

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

Psalm 45:14 · KJV

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THE KEY

The bride’s entrance is a movement of being brought into the king’s presence, and she arrives with her companions.

THE MEANING

You see the bride brought to the king in embroidered clothing, with her companions following and being brought too. The entrance gathers the central figure and those beside her into one shared arrival.

THE ROOT

תּוּבַל

tūval

GROWS FROM

יָבַל

yābal

To bring, carry, or lead.

“brought” in this verse is tūval. The verb comes from ⁨יָבַל⁩ (yābal), “to bring or lead”: the woman arrives in movement toward the king, rather than simply being described as already there. Other forms of the root speak of bringing presents and being led forth, holding arrival as both movement and presentation.

ALSO GROWS

hōvīlū: They bring or carry.

הוֹבִילוּ

This form appears with presents brought before God, showing the same root carrying something into a ruler’s presence.

tūvālūn: You will be led forth.

תּוּבָלוּן

Isaiah uses this form for being led forth in peace, echoing the movement toward a destination in this verse.

רִקְמוֹת

riqmot

GROWS FROM

רָקַם

rāqam

To embroider or work in colored patterns.

“needlework” in this verse is riqmot. The garment is named through the language of embroidery, a surface made visible by patterned work. The root’s other forms name the embroiderer and the embroidery itself, drawing attention to the crafted pattern in which the bride enters.

ALSO GROWS

rōqēm: One who embroiders.

רֹקֵם

This branch names the person doing the patterned work, showing the garment as embroidered rather than merely described as clothing.

riqmāh: Embroidery or embroidered work.

רִקְמָה

This related noun names the patterned work itself, the same kind of visible adornment carried by the bride’s garment.

THE PATTERN

Entrance into sovereign presence is pictured as a gathered movement in which people arrive in company.

For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

Isaiah 55:12 · KJVThe form ⁨תּוּבָלוּן⁩ (tūvālūn), “you will be led forth,” uses the same root for movement toward an arrival.

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Revelation 7:9 · KJVA great company stands together before the throne, echoing the bride’s entrance with her companions into royal presence.

Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

2 Corinthians 4:14 · KJVThe promise of being presented together holds arrival as a shared entrance rather than a solitary one.

THE THREAD

Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Psalm 76:11 · KJV

The phrase “bring presents” uses ⁨יָבַל⁩ (yābal), “to bring or carry,” the same root as the bride being brought to the king. The shared root links her arrival with what is carried into the presence of the revered one.

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