| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 2 Samuel 23:4:1 ⧉וּכְא֥וֹרukheorand like light of 2 Samuel 23:4:2 ⧉בֹּ֖קֶרbokermorning 2 Samuel 23:4:3 ⧉יִזְרַח־שָׁ֑מֶשׁyizrakhshameshhe shines forth, sun 2 Samuel 23:4:4 ⧉בֹּ֚קֶרbokermorning 2 Samuel 23:4:5 ⧉לֹ֣אlonot 2 Samuel 23:4:6 ⧉עָב֔וֹתavotclouds 2 Samuel 23:4:7 ⧉מִנֹּ֥גַהּminnogafrom brightness of it 2 Samuel 23:4:8 ⧉מִמָּטָ֖רmimmatarfrom rain 2 Samuel 23:4:9 ⧉דֶּ֥שֶׁאdeshesprout or grass 2 Samuel 23:4:10 ⧉מֵאָֽרֶץ׃meeretsfrom earth |
| 4. Formal Translation And he shall be like the light of morning when the sun shines on a cloudless dawn; from the brightness after rain comes grass from the earth. |
| 4. Dynamic Translation He is like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless day—after the rain, the brightness brings forth grass up from the ground. |