{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.17.8",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חוּשַׁ֗י אַתָּ֣ה יָ֠דַעְתָּ אֶת־אָבִ֨יךָ וְאֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֜יו כִּ֧י גִבֹּרִ֣ים הֵ֗מָּה וּמָרֵ֥י נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הֵ֔מָּה כְּדֹ֥ב שַׁכּ֖וּל בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וְאָבִ֙יךָ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א יָלִ֖ין אֶת־הָעָֽם׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *Ḥûšay*, You *yāḏaʿtā* your *ʾāḇîḵā* and his *ʾănāšāyw* that *gibbōrîm* they [are] and *mārê* of *nep̄eš* they [are], like a *kəḏōḇ* *šakkûl* in the *baśśāḏeh*; and your *wəʾāḇîḵā* [is] an *ʾîš* of *milḥāmāh*, and not *yālîn* with the *hāʿām*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*Ḥûšay*": "proper noun, masculine - Hushai",
"*yāḏaʿtā*": "perfect, 2nd masculine singular, qal - you know",
"*ʾāḇîḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your father",
"*ʾănāšāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his men",
"*gibbōrîm*": "adjective, masculine plural - mighty men",
"*mārê*": "adjective, masculine plural construct - bitter of",
"*nep̄eš*": "noun, feminine singular - soul",
"*kəḏōḇ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - like a bear",
"*šakkûl*": "passive participle, masculine singular, qal - bereaved",
"*baśśāḏeh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the field",
"*wəʾāḇîḵā*": "waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and your father",
"*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - man of",
"*milḥāmāh*": "noun, feminine singular - war",
"*yālîn*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he will spend the night"
},
"variants": {
"*gibbōrîm*": "mighty men/warriors/heroes",
"*mārê* *nep̄eš*": "bitter of soul/fierce in spirit/desperate",
"*kəḏōḇ* *šakkûl*": "like a bear bereaved of cubs/like a bear robbed of her young",
"*ʾîš* *milḥāmāh*": "man of war/warrior/experienced fighter",
"*yālîn*": "will spend the night/lodge/stay"
}
}