1 Samuel 13:11

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֡וּל כִּֽי־רָאִיתִי֩ כִֽי־נָפַ֨ץ הָעָ֜ם מֵעָלַ֗י וְאַתָּה֙ לֹא־בָ֙אתָ֙ לְמוֹעֵ֣ד הַיָּמִ֔ים וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים נֶאֱסָפִ֥ים מִכְמָֽשׂ׃

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer šĕmûʾēl what ʿāśîtā wayyōʾmer šāʾûl for-rāʾîtî that-nāp̄aṣ hāʿām from-upon-me and-you not-bāʾtā to-môʿēd hayyāmîm and-pĕlištîm neʾĕsāp̄îm mikmās

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he said
• *ʿāśîtā*: qal perfect, 2ms - you have done
• *rāʾîtî*: qal perfect, 1cs - I saw
• *nāp̄aṣ*: qal perfect, 3ms - scattered/dispersed
• *bāʾtā*: qal perfect, 2ms - you came
• *môʿēd*: masculine singular construct - appointed time of
• *hayyāmîm*: definite article + masculine plural - the days
• *neʾĕsāp̄îm*: niphal participle, masculine plural - gathering themselves

Word Meanings

• *nāp̄aṣ*: scattered/dispersed/was dispersing
• *môʿēd hayyāmîm*: appointed time of the days/set time/appointed days

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 13:2 : 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
• 1 Sam 13:5 : 5 And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore {H8193} in multitude: and they came up, and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth-aven.
• 1 Sam 13:16 : 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
• 1 Sam 13:23 : 23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash.
• 1 Sam 14:5 : 5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
• 2 Sam 3:24 : 24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
• 2 Kgs 5:25 : 25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
• Isa 10:28 : 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;
• Gen 3:13 : 13 And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• Gen 4:10 : 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
• Josh 7:19 : 19 And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.