2 Samuel 17:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They are gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבַּ֗יְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyābōʾû ʿabədê ʾAbšālōm to-the-ʾiššâ the-house and-wayyōʾmərû where ʾĂḥîmaʿaṣ and-wîhônātān and-wattōʾmer to-them the-ʾiššâ they-crossed mîkal the-water and-waybaqqəšû and-not māṣāʾû and-wayyāšubû Yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

• *wayyābōʾû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they came
• *ʿabədê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
• *ʾAbšālōm*: proper noun, masculine - Absalom
• *ʾiššâ*: noun, feminine singular - woman
• *wayyōʾmərû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they said
• *ʾĂḥîmaʿaṣ*: proper noun, masculine - Ahimaaz
• *wîhônātān*: proper noun, masculine - Jonathan
• *wattōʾmer*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said
• *māṣāʾû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they found
• *waybaqqəšû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they sought
• *wayyāšubû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they returned
• *Yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *mîkal*: channel/stream of/conduit of

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:19 : 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.
• Josh 2:3-5 : 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, that are entered into thy house; for they are come to search out all the land. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I knew not whence they were: 5 and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out; whither the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye will overtake them.
• Josh 2:22-23 : 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.
• 1 Sam 19:12-17 : 12 So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' [hair] at the head thereof. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
• 1 Sam 21:2 : 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know anything of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place.
• 1 Sam 27:11-12 : 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
• 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant; then wilt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.