{
"verseID": "2 Kings.8.9",
"source": "וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ חֲזָאֵל֮ לִקְרָאתוֹ֒ וַיִּקַּ֨ח מִנְחָ֤ה בְיָדוֹ֙ וְכָל־ט֣וּב דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק מַשָּׂ֖א אַרְבָּעִ֣ים גָּמָ֑ל וַיָּבֹא֙ וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד לְפָנָ֔יו וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בִּנְךָ֨ בֶן־הֲדַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָם֙ שְׁלָחַ֤נִי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵחֳלִ֥י זֶֽה׃",
"text": "And *yēlek* *ḥăzāʾēl* to meet him, and *yiqqaḥ* *minḥâ* in *yādô* and all *ṭûb* of *dammeśeq*, *maśśāʾ* forty *gāmāl*. And *yābōʾ* and *yaʿămōd* before him and *yōʾmer*, your son *ben-hădad* *melek-ʾărām* *šəlāḥanî* to you saying, *haʾeḥyeh* from *ḥŏlî* this?",
"grammar": {
"*yēlek*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he went",
"*ḥăzāʾēl*": "proper noun - Hazael",
"*yiqqaḥ*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he took",
"*minḥâ*": "noun, feminine singular - gift/present/offering",
"*yādô*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*ṭûb*": "noun, masculine singular construct - good things of/finest of",
"*dammeśeq*": "proper noun - Damascus",
"*maśśāʾ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - load of/burden of",
"*gāmāl*": "noun, masculine singular - camel",
"*yābōʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he came",
"*yaʿămōd*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he stood",
"*yōʾmer*": "verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - he said",
"*ben-hădad*": "proper noun - Ben-hadad",
"*melek-ʾărām*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - king of Aram/Syria",
"*šəlāḥanî*": "verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he has sent me",
"*haʾeḥyeh*": "interrogative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - will I recover/live",
"*ḥŏlî*": "noun, masculine singular - sickness/disease"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭûb*": "good things/finest products/best items",
"*maśśāʾ*": "load/burden/cargo",
"*yaʿămōd*": "stood/positioned himself/presented himself",
"*šəlāḥanî*": "has sent me/dispatched me/commissioned me",
"*haʾeḥyeh*": "will I recover/will I survive/will I live"
}
}