{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.20.3",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים ׀ פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר הַבַּ֜יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃",
"text": "And *bôʾ* *dāwid* to-*bayit*-his *yᵉrûšālayim*, and *lāqaḥ* the-*meleḵ* *ʾēt* ten-*nāšîm* *pîlagšîm* which *hinnîaḥ* to *šāmar* the-*bayit* and *nātan*-them *bêt*-*mišmeret* and *kilkēl*-them, and to-them not-*bôʾ*; and *hāyâ*-they *ṣᵉrûrôt* until-*yôm* *mûtān* *ʾalmᵉnût* *ḥayyût*.",
"grammar": {
"*bôʾ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he came",
"*dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*bayit*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house",
"*yᵉrûšālayim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*lāqaḥ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*meleḵ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king",
"*ʾēt*": "direct object marker",
"*nāšîm*": "noun, feminine plural - women",
"*pîlagšîm*": "noun, feminine plural - concubines",
"*hinnîaḥ*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had left",
"*šāmar*": "qal infinitive construct - to keep/guard",
"*bayit*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the house",
"*nātan*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he put them",
"*bêt*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of",
"*mišmeret*": "noun, feminine singular - ward/custody/guard",
"*kilkēl*": "pilpel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he provided for them",
"*bôʾ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came/went in",
"*hāyâ*": "qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine plural - and they were",
"*ṣᵉrûrôt*": "qal passive participle, feminine plural - confined/bound",
"*yôm*": "noun, masculine singular construct - day of",
"*mûtān*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their death",
"*ʾalmᵉnût*": "noun, feminine singular construct - widowhood of",
"*ḥayyût*": "noun, feminine plural - living"
},
"variants": {
"*bôʾ*": "came/entered/arrived",
"*lāqaḥ*": "took/received/fetched",
"*pîlagšîm*": "concubines/secondary wives",
"*hinnîaḥ*": "left/placed/set",
"*šāmar*": "keep/guard/watch",
"*mišmeret*": "ward/custody/guard/watch",
"*kilkēl*": "provided for/sustained/maintained",
"*ṣᵉrûrôt*": "confined/bound/shut up",
"*ʾalmᵉnût*": "widowhood/state of being widowed",
"*ḥayyût*": "living/alive/in life"
}
}