2 Samuel 19:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent unto the king, [saying], Return thou, and all thy servants.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ תֹּֽמְר֔וּ הֲל֛וֹא עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אָ֑תָּה כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף אִם־לֹ֠א שַׂר־צָבָ֞א תִּהְיֶ֧ה לְפָנַ֛י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָֽב

Transliteration

wəlaʿămāśāʾ tōmərû hălôʾ ʿaṣmî ûbəśārî ʾāttāh kōh yaʿăśeh-lî ʾĕlōhîm wəkōh yôsîp ʾim-lōʾ śar-ṣābāʾ tihyeh ləpānay kol-hayyāmîm taḥat yôʾāb

Grammar Details

*wəlaʿămāśāʾ*: conjunction + preposition + proper name - and to Amasa
*tōmərû*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you shall say
*hălôʾ*: interrogative particle - is not
*ʿaṣmî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person suffix - my bone
*ûbəśārî*: conjunction + preposition + noun with 1st person suffix - and my flesh
*ʾāttāh*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*yaʿăśeh*-*lî*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 1st person suffix - he will do to me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural (divine name) - God
*wəkōh*: conjunction + adverb - and thus
*yôsîp*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will add
*ʾim*-*lōʾ*: conditional particle + negative particle - if not
*śar*-*ṣābāʾ*: noun construct + noun - commander of army
*tihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will be
*ləpānay*: preposition + noun with 1st person suffix - before me
*kol*-*hayyāmîm*: noun construct + definite article + noun - all the days
*taḥat*: preposition - instead of
*yôʾāb*: proper name - Joab

Word Meanings

*ʿaṣmî*: my bone/my body/my essence
*bəśārî*: my flesh/my blood relation
*kōh* *yaʿăśeh*-*lî* *ʾĕlōhîm* *wəkōh* *yôsîp*: oath formula: may God do so to me and more also
*ləpānay*: before me/in my presence

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah at Mizpah.
Ps 110:2-3 : 2 Jehovah will send forth the rod of thy strength out of Zion: Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.
Acts 4:32 : 32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and {G5590} {G2532} soul: and not one [of] [them] said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

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