{
"verseID": "1 Samuel.19.5",
"source": "וַיָּשֶׂם֩ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֨וֹ בְכַפּ֜וֹ וַיַּ֣ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֗י וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יְהוָ֜ה תְּשׁוּעָ֤ה גְדוֹלָה֙ לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתָ וַתִּשְׂמָ֑ח וְלָ֤מָּה תֶֽחֱטָא֙ בְּדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד חִנָּֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyāśem* *ʾeṯ*-his *nap̄šô* in his *ḇeḵappô* and *wayyak* *ʾeṯ*-the *happelištî*, and *wayyaʿaś* *YHWH* *tešûʿāh* *ḡeḏôlāh* for all-*Yiśrāʾēl*; you *rāʾîṯā* and *wattiśmāḥ*; and *welāmmāh* *ṯeḥĕṭāʾ* with *beḏām* *nāqî*, to *lehāmîṯ* *ʾeṯ*-*Dāwid* without cause?",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāśem*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he put'",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*nap̄šô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'his life/soul'",
"*ḇeḵappô*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'in his palm/hand'",
"*wayyak*": "waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he struck'",
"*happelištî*": "definite article + proper noun, masculine singular - 'the Philistine'",
"*wayyaʿaś*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he made'",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - 'LORD'",
"*tešûʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - 'salvation/victory/deliverance'",
"*ḡeḏôlāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - 'great'",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - 'Israel'",
"*rāʾîṯā*": "Qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you saw'",
"*wattiśmāḥ*": "waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'and you rejoiced'",
"*welāmmāh*": "waw-conjunction + interrogative - 'and why'",
"*ṯeḥĕṭāʾ*": "Qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - 'you will sin'",
"*beḏām*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - 'with blood of'",
"*nāqî*": "adjective, masculine singular - 'innocent'",
"*lehāmîṯ*": "preposition + Hiphil infinitive construct - 'to kill'",
"*ḥinnām*": "adverb - 'without cause/freely/for nothing'"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyāśem*": "put/placed/risked",
"*nap̄šô*": "his life/his soul/himself",
"*ḇeḵappô*": "in his palm/in his hand/at risk",
"*wayyak*": "struck/defeated/killed",
"*tešûʿāh*": "salvation/victory/deliverance",
"*ṯeḥĕṭāʾ*": "sin/do wrong/be guilty",
"*beḏām*": "with blood/by killing",
"*nāqî*": "innocent/blameless/free from guilt",
"*ḥinnām*": "without cause/without reason/for nothing"
}
}