1 Samuel 22:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּמָּלֵ֣ט בֵּן־אֶחָ֗ד לַאֲחִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִט֔וּב וּשְׁמ֖וֹ אֶבְיָתָ֑ר וַיִּבְרַ֖ח אַחֲרֵ֥י דָוִֽד

Transliteration

wə-yimmālēṭ bēn-ʾeḥād la-ʾĂḥîmelek ben-ʾĂḥîṭûb û-šəmô ʾEbyātār wə-yibraḥ ʾaḥărê Dāwid

Grammar Details

• *wə-yimmālēṭ*: waw consecutive + Niphal imperfect 3ms - and he escaped
• *bēn*: noun ms construct - son of
• *ʾeḥād*: number - one
• *la-ʾĂḥîmelek*: preposition + proper noun - belonging to Ahimelech
• *ben*: noun ms construct - son of
• *ʾĂḥîṭûb*: proper noun - Ahitub
• *û-šəmô*: waw conjunction + noun ms + 3ms suffix - and his name
• *ʾEbyātār*: proper noun - Abiathar
• *wə-yibraḥ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he fled
• *ʾaḥărê*: preposition - after
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David

Word Meanings

• *yimmālēṭ*: escaped/fled/was delivered
• *yibraḥ*: fled/ran away/escaped

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 23:6 : 6 And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
• 1 Sam 30:7 : 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David.
• 1 Kgs 2:26-27 : 26 And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. 27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto Jehovah, that he might fulfil the word of Jehovah, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
• 1 Sam 23:9 : 9 And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
• 1 Sam 2:33 : 33 And the man of thine, [whom] I shall not cut off from mine altar, [shall be] to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thy heart; and all the increase of thy house shall die in the flower of their age.
• 1 Sam 4:12 : 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
• Job 1:15-17 : 15 and the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the , servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
• Job 1:19 : 19 and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
• 2 Sam 20:25 : 25 and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;