2 Samuel 20:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א מִתְגֹּלֵ֥ל בַּדָּ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הַֽמְסִּלָּ֑ה וַיַּ֨רְא הָאִ֜ישׁ כִּֽי־עָמַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיַּסֵּב֩ אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֨א מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עָלָיו֙ בֶּ֔גֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ה כָּל־הַבָּ֥א עָלָ֖יו וְעָמָֽד׃

Transliteration

And ʿămāśāʾ mitgôlēl in the-dām in tāweḵ the-mᵉsillâ; and rāʾâ the-ʾîš that-ʿāmad all-the-ʿām, and sāvav ʾet-ʿămāśāʾ from-the-mᵉsillâ the-śādeh and šālaḵ upon-him beged, when rāʾâ all-the-bôʾ upon-him and ʿāmad.

Grammar Details

*ʿămāśāʾ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Amasa
*mitgôlēl*: hithpael participle, masculine singular - wallowing
*dām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood
*tāweḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - middle of
*mᵉsillâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the highway
*rāʾâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he saw
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
*ʿāmad*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - stood
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*sāvav*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he removed
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
*šālaḵ*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he threw
*beged*: noun, masculine singular - garment
*bôʾ*: qal active participle, masculine singular - the one coming

Word Meanings

*mitgôlēl*: wallowing/rolling about/writhing
*dām*: blood/bloodshed
*tāweḵ*: middle/midst/among
*mᵉsillâ*: highway/road/pathway
*rāʾâ*: saw/noticed/observed
*ʿāmad*: stood/halted/stayed
*sāvav*: removed/turned aside/carried away
*śādeh*: field/country/open land
*šālaḵ*: threw/cast/flung
*beged*: garment/clothing/covering
*bôʾ*: coming/arriving/approaching

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 17:25 : 25 And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.
Prov 24:21-22 : 21 My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?

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