The Meaning of 2 Samuel 1:18 Explained

2 Samuel 1:18

KJV: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.)

YLT: and he saith to teach the sons of Judah 'The Bow;' lo, it is written on the book of the Upright: --

Darby: and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow. Behold, it is written in the book of Jasher: --

ASV: (and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):

KJV Reverse Interlinear

(Also he bade  them teach  the children  of Judah  [the use of] the bow:  behold, [it is] written  in the book  of Jasher.  ) 

What does 2 Samuel 1:18 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Samuel 1:17-27 - The Song Of The Bow
This noble poem is unrivaled. It is a perfect model of a funeral dirge. It is in poetry what Händel's Dead March in Saul is in music. The psalmist is borne along both by art and affection. He could not have composed this song unless he had been a consummate artist, and unless he had drunk deep of that divine love which believes, bears, hopes and endures all things and never fails.
He forgets all that he has suffered. His love refuses to consider anything but what has been pleasant and lovely in his liege lord. And for Jonathan there is a special stanza. A brother soul! The Philistines had felt David's might, but his friend had tasted his sweetness! Terrible as a whirlwind in flight, yet winsome as a woman! But if human love can impute only good to those who are the objects of its affection, what will not God's love say of us, feel toward us and impute to us! Here is a clue to the exceeding riches of the love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sins! [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Samuel 1

1  The Amalekite who accused himself of Saul's death is slain
17  David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song

What do the individual words in 2 Samuel 1:18 mean?

and he told [them] to teach the sons of Judah [the Song of] the Bow indeed [it is] written in the Book of Jasher
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר לְלַמֵּ֥ד בְּנֵֽי־ יְהוּדָ֖ה קָ֑שֶׁת הִנֵּ֥ה כְתוּבָ֖ה עַל־ סֵ֥פֶר הַיָּשָֽׁר

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר  and  he  told  [them] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
לְלַמֵּ֥ד  to  teach 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct
Root: לָמַד  
Sense: to learn. teach, exercise in.
בְּנֵֽי־  the  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יְהוּדָ֖ה  of  Judah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהוּדָה  
Sense: the son of Jacob by Leah.
קָ֑שֶׁת  [the  Song  of]  the  Bow 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קֶשֶׁת  
Sense: bow.
הִנֵּ֥ה  indeed 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
כְתוּבָ֖ה  [it  is]  written 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: כָּתַב  
Sense: to write, record, enrol.
סֵ֥פֶר  the  Book 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סֵפֶר 
Sense: book.
הַיָּשָֽׁר  of  Jasher 
Parse: Article, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: יָשָׁר 
Sense: straight, upright, correct, right.

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