What Does Psalm 45:15 Mean in the King James?
With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king’s palace.
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
Joy is already present in the passage toward the palace; it does not wait behind the door.
THE MEANING
You are brought toward the king’s palace with gladness and rejoicing, and you enter; the movement toward welcome already carries its own joy. The verse places joy on the threshold itself, before arrival is complete.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that joy must wait until you have arrived is undone: gladness and rejoicing accompany you while you are being brought toward the palace.
THE ROOT
תּוּבַלְנָה
tuvalnah
GROWS FROM
יבל
ybl
to lead, bring, or carry
The word translated “brought” carries the sense of being led toward a destination. The next verb, “enter,” names arrival, so the verse holds being brought near and crossing the threshold as two movements.
ALSO GROWS
yabal: to lead or bring
יָבַל
This base form shares the seed of the verse’s “they shall be brought,” showing that their arrival begins with being led.
hovil: he led, carried, or brought
הוֹבִיל
This active form uses the same root for conveying someone toward a destination.
תְּבֹאֶינָה
tavoena
GROWS FROM
בוא
bo
to come, arrive, or enter
The Hebrew for “enter” grows from the root for coming and arriving. The palace is not only a place they reach; it is the destination into which they come.
ALSO GROWS
ba: he came or entered
בָּא
This form names arrival itself, echoing their coming into the palace.
mavo: entrance or entry
מָבוֹא
This noun turns the same root’s movement into a point of entry, illuminating the threshold in the verse.
שְׂמָחוֹת
semachot
GROWS FROM
שמח
s-m-ḥ
to rejoice or be glad
“Gladness” and the verb “rejoice” grow from the same root. Joined with exultation, gladness is the texture of the bringing itself, not simply a feeling that follows arrival.
ALSO GROWS
samach: to rejoice or be glad
שָׂמַח
The verb shares the seed of the noun translated “gladness,” joining the state of joy to the act of rejoicing.
sameach: glad or joyful
שָׂמֵחַ
This adjective carries the same root into the description of one who is glad.
THE PATTERN
Arrival into welcome is accompanied by joy along the way.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.THE THREAD
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.“They shall enter” and “Enter” share the Hebrew root בוא (bo), meaning to come or enter. Here, as in Psalm 100, entry into the king’s presence is accompanied by joy, gladness and rejoicing in one, thanksgiving and praise in the other.
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