2 Kings 6:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵאַ֖יִן אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ הֲמִן־הַגֹּ֖רֶן א֥וֹ מִן־הַיָּֽקֶב׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer ʾal-yôšiʿēk YHWH mē-ʾayin ʾôšîʿēk hă-min-ha-gōren ʾô min-ha-yāqeb

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*ʾal-yôšiʿēk*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 3ms jussive + 2fs suffix - let not save you
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*mē-ʾayin*: preposition + interrogative - from where
*ʾôšîʿēk*: Hiphil imperfect 1cs + 2fs suffix - shall I save you
*hă-min-ha-gōren*: interrogative + preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - from the threshing floor
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*min-ha-yāqeb*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - from the wine press

Word Meanings

*ʾal-yôšiʿēk*: let not save you/may he not save you (negative wish)
*mē-ʾayin*: from where/from what source
*gōren*: threshing floor/granary
*yāqeb*: wine press/wine vat

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Referenced Verses

Ps 60:11 : 11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust in him at all times, ye people; Pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. {H5542}
Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.
Ps 124:1-3 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say, 2 If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us; 3 Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Isa 2:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

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