{
"verseID": "2 Kings.1.6",
"source": "וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃",
"text": "*wə-yōʾmərû* *ʾēlāyw* *ʾîsh* *ʿālāh* *liqrāʾtēnû* *wə-yōʾmer* *ʾēlênû* *ləkû* *shûbû* *ʾel-ha-melek* *ʾăsher-shālaḥ* *ʾetkem* *wə-dibbartem* *ʾēlāyw* *kōh* *ʾāmar* *YHWH* *hă-mib-bəlî* *ʾên-ʾĕlōhîm* *bə-Yisrāʾēl* *ʾattāh* *shōlēaḥ* *li-drōsh* *bə-Baʿal zəbûb* *ʾĕlōhê* *ʿEqrôn* *lākēn* *ha-miṭṭāh* *ʾăsher-ʿālîtā* *shām* *lōʾ-tērēd* *mimmennāh* *kî-môt* *tāmût*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yōʾmərû*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʾîsh*": "noun, masculine singular - a man",
"*ʿālāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - came up",
"*liqrāʾtēnû*": "preposition + infinitive construct + 1st plural suffix - to meet us",
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and said",
"*ʾēlênû*": "preposition + 1st plural suffix - to us",
"*ləkû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - go",
"*shûbû*": "qal imperative, masculine plural - return",
"*ʾel-ha-melek*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the king",
"*ʾăsher-shālaḥ*": "relative particle + qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - who sent",
"*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you",
"*wə-dibbartem*": "conjunction + piel perfect, 2nd masculine plural - and say",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*kōh*": "adverb - thus",
"*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - says",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - Yahweh",
"*hă-mib-bəlî*": "interrogative + preposition + negative particle - is it because there is no",
"*ʾên-ʾĕlōhîm*": "negative particle + noun, masculine plural - no God",
"*bə-Yisrāʾēl*": "preposition + proper noun - in Israel",
"*ʾattāh*": "2nd masculine singular independent pronoun - you",
"*shōlēaḥ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - sending",
"*li-drōsh*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to inquire",
"*bə-Baʿal zəbûb*": "preposition + proper noun compound - of Baal-zebub",
"*ʾĕlōhê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - god of",
"*ʿEqrôn*": "proper noun - Ekron",
"*lākēn*": "adverb - therefore",
"*ha-miṭṭāh*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the bed",
"*ʾăsher-ʿālîtā*": "relative particle + qal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - which you went up",
"*shām*": "adverb - there",
"*lōʾ-tērēd*": "negative particle + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall not come down",
"*mimmennāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - from it",
"*kî-môt*": "conjunction + qal infinitive absolute - for surely die",
"*tāmût*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you shall die"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾîsh*": "man/person/someone",
"*ʿālāh*": "came up/approached/met",
"*ha-miṭṭāh*": "bed/couch/stretcher",
"*môt tāmût*": "you will surely die (emphatic construction)"
}
}