{
"verseID": "2 Kings.7.12",
"source": "וַיָּ֨קָם הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַ֗יְלָה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֔יו אַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לָכֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שׂוּ לָ֖נוּ אֲרָ֑ם יָדְע֞וּ כִּי־רְעֵבִ֣ים אֲנַ֗חְנוּ וַיֵּצְא֤וּ מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ לְהֵחָבֵ֤ה *בהשדה **בַשָּׂדֶה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר כִּֽי־יֵצְא֤וּ מִן־הָעִיר֙ וְנִתְפְּשֵׂ֣ם חַיִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָעִ֖יר נָבֹֽא",
"text": "And *wayyāqām* the-*meleḵ* *laylâ* and *wayyōʾmer* to *ʿăbādāyw*, I-will-*ʾaggîdâ*-please to-you *ʾēt* *ʾăšer*-*ʿāśû* to-us *ʾărām*; they-know that-*rĕʿēbîm* *ʾănaḥnû*, and *wayyēṣĕʾû* from-the-*maḥăneh* *lĕhēḥābēh* in-the-*śādeh* *lēmōr*, When *yēṣĕʾû* from-the-*ʿîr* and-*nitpĕśēm* *ḥayyîm*, and-to-the-*ʿîr* *nābōʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqām*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose",
"*meleḵ*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the king",
"*laylâ*": "masculine singular noun - night",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*ʿăbādāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants",
"*ʾaggîdâ*": "hiphil imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - let me tell",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - what",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect 3rd common plural - they have done",
"*ʾărām*": "proper noun - Aram/Syria",
"*rĕʿēbîm*": "adjective masculine plural - hungry",
"*ʾănaḥnû*": "1st common plural independent pronoun - we",
"*wayyēṣĕʾû*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they went out",
"*maḥăneh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the camp",
"*lĕhēḥābēh*": "niphal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - to hide",
"*śādeh*": "masculine singular noun with definite article - the field",
"*lēmōr*": "qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*yēṣĕʾû*": "qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they come out",
"*ʿîr*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the city",
"*nitpĕśēm*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - we will catch them",
"*ḥayyîm*": "masculine plural adjective - alive",
"*nābōʾ*": "qal imperfect 1st common plural - we will come"
},
"variants": {
"*lĕhēḥābēh*": "to hide themselves/to conceal themselves",
"*nitpĕśēm ḥayyîm*": "seize them alive/capture them alive",
"*aggîdâ-nāʾ*": "please let me tell/I will tell you"
}
}