1 Samuel 30:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ דָּוִ֔ד הֲתוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אֶל־הַגְּד֣וּד הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הִשָּׁ֩בְעָה֩ לִּ֨י בֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים אִם־תְּמִיתֵ֗נִי וְאִם־תַּסְגִּרֵ֙נִי֙ בְּיַד־אֲדֹנִ֔י וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖ אֶל־הַגְּד֥וּד הַזֶּֽה

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer to him ʾēlāyw dāwiḏ, "Will you hăṯôrîḏēnî to the haggəḏûḏ hazzeh?" And wayyōʾmer, "hiššāḇəʿāh to me in bēʾlōhîm if-ʾim-you will təmîṯēnî and if-wəʾim-you will tasəgîrēnî in hand-bəyaḏ-of my ʾăḏōnî, and I will wəʾôrîḏəḵā to the haggəḏûḏ hazzeh"

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: consecutive imperfect qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*ʾēlāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him
*dāwiḏ*: proper noun - David
*hăṯôrîḏēnî*: interrogative particle + hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - will you bring me down
*haggəḏûḏ*: definite article + noun masculine singular - the troop/band/raiding party
*hazzeh*: definite article + demonstrative pronoun masculine singular - this
*hiššāḇəʿāh*: niphal imperative, masculine singular - swear
*bēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural - by God
*ʾim*: conditional particle - if
*təmîṯēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - you will kill me
*wəʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
*tasəgîrēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 2nd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - you will hand me over
*bəyaḏ*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct - in the hand of
*ʾăḏōnî*: noun masculine singular construct with 1st common singular suffix - my master
*wəʾôrîḏəḵā*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 1st common singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - and I will bring you down

Word Meanings

*hăṯôrîḏēnî*: will you bring me down/can you lead me to
*haggəḏûḏ*: the troop/band/raiding party
*hiššāḇəʿāh*: swear/take an oath
*təmîṯēnî*: kill me/put me to death
*tasəgîrēnî*: hand me over/surrender me/deliver me
*wəʾôrîḏəḵā*: I will bring you down/I will lead you to

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Referenced Verses

Deut 23:15-16 : 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant that is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it pleaseth him best: thou shalt not oppress him.
Josh 2:12 : 12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by Jehovah, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
Josh 9:15 : 15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
Josh 9:19-20 : 19 But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by Jehovah, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
1 Sam 29:6 : 6 Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As Jehovah liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not.
Ezek 17:13 : 13 and he took of the seed royal, and made a covenant with him; he also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
Ezek 17:16 : 16 As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezek 17:19 : 19 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, I will even bring it upon his own head.

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