1 Samuel 12:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א עֲשַׁקְתָּ֖נוּ וְלֹ֣א רַצּוֹתָ֑נוּ וְלֹֽא־לָקַ֥חְתָּ מִיַּד־אִ֖ישׁ מְאֽוּמָה׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmərû lōʾ ʿăšaqtānû wə-lōʾ raṣṣôtānû wə-lōʾ-lāqaḥtā miyyad-ʾîš məʾûmāh

Grammar Details

*wa-yōʾmərû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - and they said
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ʿăšaqtānû*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - you have defrauded us
*wə-lōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*raṣṣôtānû*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - you have crushed us
*lāqaḥtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have taken
*miyyad*-*ʾîš*: preposition + noun construct + noun - from the hand of any man
*məʾûmāh*: noun - anything

Word Meanings

*ʿăšaqtānû*: you have defrauded/oppressed/exploited us
*raṣṣôtānû*: you have crushed/mistreated/extorted us
*məʾûmāh*: anything/something/the least thing

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Referenced Verses

Ps 37:5-6 : 5 Commit thy way unto Jehovah; Trust also in him, and he will bring it to pass. 6 And he will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, And thy justice as the noon-day.
Dan 6:4 : 4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
3 John 1:12 : 12 Demetrius hath the witness of all [men], and of the truth itself: yea, {G2532} we also bear witness: and thou knowest that our witness is true.

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