Genesis 14:18

Webster's Bible (1833)

Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמַלְכִּי־צֶ֙דֶק֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ שָׁלֵ֔ם הוֹצִ֖יא לֶ֣חֶם וָיָ֑יִן וְה֥וּא כֹהֵ֖ן לְאֵ֥ל עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

û-malkî-ṣeḏeq melek šālēm hôṣîʾ leḥem wā-yāyin wə-hûʾ ḵōhēn lə-ʾēl ʿelyôn

Grammar Details

• *û-malkî*-*ṣeḏeq*: conjunction + proper noun, personal name (Melchizedek)
• *melek*: construct state noun, masculine singular - king of
• *šālēm*: proper noun, place name (Salem)
• *hôṣîʾ*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, hiphil - brought out
• *leḥem*: common noun, masculine singular - bread
• *wā-yāyin*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular - and wine
• *wə-hûʾ*: conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he
• *ḵōhēn*: common noun, masculine singular - priest
• *lə-ʾēl*: preposition + common noun, masculine singular - to/for God
• *ʿelyôn*: adjective, masculine singular - Most High

Word Meanings

• *malkî*-*ṣeḏeq*: Melchizedek (meaning 'my king is righteousness')
• *šālēm*: Salem (likely ancient Jerusalem)
• *ḵōhēn*: priest/minister
• *ʾēl* *ʿelyôn*: God Most High/the Most High God

Referenced Verses

• Ps 110:4 : 4 Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."
• Heb 5:6 : 6 As he says also in another place, "You are a priest forever, After the order of Melchizedek."
• Heb 5:10 : 10 named by God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
• Heb 6:20-7:3 : 20 where as a forerunner Jesus entered for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace; 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God), remains a priest continually.
• Matt 26:26-29 : 26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for{TR reads "blessed" instead of "gave thanks for"} it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 27 He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it, 28 for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom."
• Acts 16:17 : 17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"
• Ps 57:2 : 2 I cry out to God Most High, To God who accomplishes my requests for me.
• Ps 76:2 : 2 His tent is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
• Mic 6:6 : 6 How shall I come before Yahweh, And bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?
• Ruth 3:10 : 10 He said, Blessed are you by Yahweh, my daughter: you have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you didn't follow young men, whether poor or rich.
• 2 Sam 2:5 : 5 David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh Gilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of Yahweh, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him.
• Ps 7:17 : 17 I will give thanks to Yahweh according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Yahweh Most High.
• Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
• Gal 6:10 : 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.
• Acts 7:48 : 48 However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
• Heb 7:10-22 : 10 for he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. 11 Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron? 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law. 13 For he of whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. 15 This is yet more abundantly evident, if after the likeness of Melchizedek there arises another priest, 16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life: 17 for it is testified, "You are a priest forever, According to the order of Melchizedek." 18 For there is an annulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and uselessness 19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. 20 Inasmuch as he was not made priest without the taking of an oath 21 (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, According to the order of Melchizedek'". 22 By so much has Jesus become the collateral of a better covenant.