2 Samuel 19:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went through the Jordan in the presence of the king.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְמַהֵ֗ר שִׁמְעִ֤י בֶן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ עִם־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִֽד

Transliteration

waymaēr šimʿî ben-gērāʾ ben-hayminî ʾăšer mibbaḥûrîm wayyēred ʿim-ʾîš yəhûdāh liqraʾt hammelek dāwid

Grammar Details

*waymaēr*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he hastened
*šimʿî*: proper noun - Shimei
*ben*-*gērāʾ*: noun construct + proper noun - son of Gera
*ben*-*hayminî*: noun construct + definite article + gentilic noun - son of the Benjaminite
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who
*mibbaḥûrîm*: preposition + proper noun - from Bahurim
*wayyēred*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went down
*ʿim*-*ʾîš*: preposition + noun - with the men of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*liqraʾt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to meet
*hammelek*: definite article + noun - the king
*dāwid*: proper noun - David

Word Meanings

*waymaēr*: he hastened/he hurried
*hayminî*: Benjaminite/of the tribe of Benjamin
*liqraʾt*: to meet/to encounter/to go toward

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 9:2 : 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
2 Sam 16:1-4 : 1 And when David was a little past the top [of the ascent], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in thy sight, my lord, O king.
2 Sam 19:26-27 : 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
2 Sam 9:10 : 10 And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in [the fruits], that thy master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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