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2 Samuel 6:5

“And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּוִדDâvid · daw-veed'
H1732 · Hebrew

Definition: David, the youngest son of Jesse
Derivation: rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as H1730 (דּוֹד); loving;
KJV renderings: David.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
דָוִ֣ד — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 1,075 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ruth 4:17 Ruth 4:22 1 Samuel 16:13 1 Samuel 16:19 1 Samuel 16:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּוִד here.

Verse 4 Verse 6

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.