1 Kings 11:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit only let me depart.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ פַרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֠י מָה־אַתָּ֤ה חָסֵר֙ עִמִּ֔י וְהִנְּךָ֥ מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֶל־אַרְצֶ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לֹ֔א כִּ֥י שַׁלֵּ֖חַ תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And wayyomer to him Paroh, For what-you chaser with me, and behold you mevakesh lalekhet to-your artzekha? And wayyomer, Lo, for shaleach you shall t'shalcheni.

Grammar Details

*wayyomer*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Paroh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Pharaoh
*chaser*: Qal participle masculine singular - lacking
*mevakesh*: Piel participle masculine singular - seeking
*lalekhet*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to go
*artzekha*: noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your land
*Lo*: negative particle - no
*shaleach*: Piel infinitive absolute - sending away
*t'shalcheni*: Piel imperfect 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you shall send me away

Word Meanings

*chaser*: lacking/missing/needing
*mevakesh*: seeking/requesting/desiring
*lalekhet*: to go/to walk/to travel
*artzekha*: your land/country/territory
*shaleach*: sending away/releasing [emphatic form]
*t'shalcheni*: you shall send me away/release me/let me go

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 18:22-23 : 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou wilt have no reward for the tidings? 23 But come what may, [said] [he], I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
Ps 37:8 : 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: Fret not thyself, [it tendeth] only to evil-doing.
Jer 2:31 : 31 O generation, see ye the word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? wherefore say my people, We are broken loose; we will come no more unto thee?
Mark 14:31 : 31 But he spake exceedingly vehemently, If I must die with thee, I will {G3756} not deny thee. {G5615} And in like manner also said they all.
Luke 22:35 : 35 And he said unto them, When I sent you forth without purse, and wallet, and shoes, lacked ye {G3361} anything? And they said, Nothing.

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