2 Samuel 15:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִשְׁכִּים֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם וְעָמַ֕ד עַל־יַ֖ד דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב֩ לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְשָׁל֤וֹם אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙ אַ֔תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-hiškîm ʾAbšālôm wə-ʿāmad at-yad derek ha-šāʿar; wa-yəhî all-hā-ʾîš who-yihyê-to-him-rîb to come to-ha-melek for-mišpāṭ, wa-yiqrāʾ ʾAbšālôm to him wa-yōʾmer, from-which ʿîr are you? wa-yōʾmer, from one šibṭê-Yiśrāʾēl your servant.

Grammar Details

• *wə-hiškîm*: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he rose early
• *wə-ʿāmad*: conjunction + Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he stood
• *yad*: noun, feminine singular construct - side/hand of
• *derek*: noun, masculine singular construct - way/road of
• *ha-šāʿar*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the gate
• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was
• *hā-ʾîš*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the man
• *yihyê*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - would be
• *rîb*: noun, masculine singular - dispute/lawsuit
• *ha-melek*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - judgment/justice
• *wa-yiqrāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular - city
• *šibṭê*: noun, masculine plural construct - tribes of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *hiškîm*: rose early/started early/got up at dawn
• *yad*: hand/side/place beside
• *rîb*: dispute/lawsuit/legal case/quarrel
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/justice/legal decision

Referenced Verses

• Exod 18:14 : 14 And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?
• Exod 18:16 : 16 when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
• Exod 18:26 : 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
• Ruth 4:1 : 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
• 2 Sam 19:8 : 8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate: and all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.
• 1 Kgs 3:16-28 : 16 Then there came two women that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. 17 And the one woman said, Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. 18 And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also; and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. 19 And this woman's child died in the night, because she lay upon it. 20 And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear. 22 And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. 23 Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. 24 And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. 25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it. 27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
• Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
• Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
• Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: