1 Samuel 26:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוָ֖ה יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־יוֹמ֤וֹ יָבוֹא֙ וָמֵ֔ת א֧וֹ בַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה יֵרֵ֖ד וְנִסְפָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer dāwiḏ: ḥay-YHWH, for ʾim-YHWH yiggāp̄ennû or his yômô yāḇôʾ and wāmēṯ, or in the milḥāmâ yērēḏ and wәnispâ.

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said
*dāwiḏ*: Proper noun, masculine singular - David
*ḥay*: Adjective, masculine singular construct - alive/living
*YHWH*: Proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD
*ʾim*: Conditional particle - if/surely
*yiggāp̄ennû*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will strike him
*yômô*: Noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his day
*yāḇôʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will come
*wāmēṯ*: Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he will die
*milḥāmâ*: Noun, feminine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition - in the battle
*yērēḏ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will go down
*wәnispâ*: Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he will be swept away

Word Meanings

*wayyōʾmer*: said/spoke
*ḥay*: alive/as surely as...lives/by the life of
*ʾim*: if/surely
*yiggāp̄ennû*: will strike him/will smite him/will defeat him
*yômô*: his day/his appointed time
*yāḇôʾ*: will come/will arrive
*wāmēṯ*: and he will die/and he dies
*milḥāmâ*: battle/war/combat
*yērēḏ*: he will go down/descend/enter
*wәnispâ*: and he will be swept away/and he will perish

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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found favor in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me: bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt;
Deut 31:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting.
1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that Jehovah smote Nabal, so that he died.
1 Sam 31:6 : 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armorbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord will laugh at him; For he seeth that his day is coming.
Rom 12:19 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing Jehovah hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
1 Sam 24:15 : 15 Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.
Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?
Job 14:5 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
Ps 37:10 : 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.
Heb 9:27 : 27 And {G2596} inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this [cometh] judgment;
Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore {G1223} in one day shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judged her.
Ps 94:1-2 : 1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert.
Ps 94:23 : 23 And he hath brought upon them their own iniquity, And will cut them off in their own wickedness; Jehovah our God will cut them off.
Eccl 3:2 : 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his elect, that cry to him day and night, and [yet] he is longsuffering over them?

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