2 Samuel 19:35

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am this day fourscore years old: can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר בַּרְזִלַּ֖י אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כַּמָּ֗ה יְמֵי֙ שְׁנֵ֣י חַיַּ֔י כִּי־אֶעֱלֶ֥ה אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer barzillay ʾel-the melekh how many-kammāh yəmê šənê ḥayyay that-kî-ʾeʿĕleh ʾet-the melekh yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
• *barzillay*: proper noun - Barzillai
• *ʾel*: preposition - to/unto
• *melekh*: noun masculine singular absolute with article - the king
• *kammāh*: interrogative + preposition - how many
• *yəmê*: noun masculine plural construct - days of
• *šənê*: noun feminine plural construct - years of
• *ḥayyay*: noun masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my life
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *ʾeʿĕleh*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I should go up
• *ʾet*: preposition with
• *yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *kammāh*: how many/how long
• *yəmê šənê ḥayyay*: days of the years of my life/lifespan/remaining lifetime
• *ʾeʿĕleh*: I should go up/I would go up

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 15:33 : 33 And David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou wilt be a burden unto me:
• Ezra 2:65 : 65 besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
• Eccl 2:8 : 8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
• Eccl 12:1-5 : 1 Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 before the sun, and the light, and the moon, and the stars, are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain; 3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened, 4 and the doors shall be shut in the street; when the sound of the grinding is low, and one shall rise up at the voice of a bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; 5 yea, they shall be afraid of [that which is] high, and terrors [shall be] in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
• Isa 5:11-12 : 11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them! 12 And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are [in] their feasts; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
• Heb 5:14 : 14 But solid food is for fullgrown men, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern {G5037} good and evil.
• 1 Pet 2:3 : 3 if ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious:
• Neh 7:67 : 67 besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
• Job 6:30 : 30 Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?
• Job 12:11 : 11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
• Exod 2:8 : 8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child's mother.
• Exod 12:4 : 4 and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
• 2 Sam 13:25 : 25 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.