1 Samuel 25:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

God do so unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light so much as one {H8366} man-child.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֹּה־יַעֲשֶׂ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים לְאֹיְבֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֑יף אִם־אַשְׁאִ֧יר מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ עַד־הַבֹּ֖קֶר מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר׃

Transliteration

thus-yaʿăśeh ʾělōhîm to-ʾōyəbê dāwid wə-thus yōsîp if-ʾašʾîr from-all-which-to-him until-the-bōqer maštîn in-qîr

Grammar Details

*yaʿăśeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will do
*ʾělōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God
*ʾōyəbê*: noun, masculine plural construct - enemies of
*dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
wə-: conjunction - and
*yōsîp*: verb, Hifil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will add
*ʾašʾîr*: verb, Hifil imperfect, 1st person singular - I will leave
*bōqer*: noun, masculine singular - morning
*maštîn*: verb, Hifil participle, masculine singular - one who urinates
*qîr*: noun, masculine singular - wall

Word Meanings

*yaʿăśeh*: he will do/he will perform/he will accomplish
*ʾělōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings
*yōsîp*: he will add/he will increase/he will do more
*ʾašʾîr*: I will leave/I will spare/I will keep
*maštîn* in-*qîr*: one who urinates against a wall/male person

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 3:17 : 17 And he said, What is the thing that [Jehovah] hath spoken unto thee? I pray thee, hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide anything from me of all the things that he spake unto thee.
1 Sam 20:13 : 13 Jehovah do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and Jehovah be with thee, as he hath been with my father.
1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man-child, {H7023} him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away dung, till it be all gone.
1 Kgs 21:21 : 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will utterly sweep thee away and will cut off from Ahab every man-child, {H7023} and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel:
2 Kgs 9:8 : 8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut off from Ahab every man - child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel.
Ruth 1:17 : 17 where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
1 Kgs 16:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha: he left him not a single man-child, {H7023} neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
1 Sam 20:16 : 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, [saying], And Jehovah will require it at the hand of David's enemies.
1 Sam 14:44 : 44 And Saul said, God do so and more also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

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