2 Samuel 13:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם אַל־בְּנִי֙ אַל־נָ֤א נֵלֵךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וְלֹ֥א נִכְבַּ֖ד עָלֶ֑יךָ וַיִּפְרָץ־בּ֛וֹ וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה לָלֶ֖כֶת וַֽיְבָרֲכֵֽהוּ׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer the-melek unto-ʾAbšālôm ʾal-bənî ʾal-nāʾ nēlēk all-of-us and-not nikbad upon-you wə-yiprāṣ-at-him and-not-ʾābāh to-go wə-yəbārăkēhû

Grammar Details

• *wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *melek*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the king
• *ʾAbšālôm*: proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom
• *ʾal*: negative particle - do not
• *bənî*: masculine singular noun + 1st singular possessive suffix - my son
• *nāʾ*: particle of entreaty - please
• *nēlēk*: Qal imperfect 1st plural cohortative - let us go
• *nikbad*: Qal imperfect 1st plural - we would be a burden
• *wə-yiprāṣ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he urged
• *ʾābāh*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he was willing
• *wə-yəbārăkēhû*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he blessed him

Word Meanings

• *ʾal*: do not/no
• *nēlēk*: let us go/may we go/should we go
• *nikbad*: we would be a burden/we would be heavy/we would be too many
• *wə-yiprāṣ*: and he urged/and he pressed/and he insisted
• *ʾābāh*: he was willing/he consented/he wanted
• *wə-yəbārăkēhû*: and he blessed him/and he greeted him/and he bade him farewell

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:2-3 : 2 and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. 3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
• Judg 19:7-9 : 7 And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again. 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Strengthen thy heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth; and they did eat, both of them. 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of asses saddled; his concubine also was with him.
• Ruth 2:4 : 4 And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, Jehovah be with you. And they answered him, Jehovah bless thee.
• 2 Sam 14:22 : 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found favor in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of his servant.
• Luke 14:23 : 23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and constrain [them] to come in, that my house may be filled.
• Luke 24:29 : 29 And they constrained him, saying, Abide with us; for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. And he went in to abide with them.
• Acts 16:15 : 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.