2 Samuel 21:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד

Transliteration

And wattĕhî-more milḥāmâ to-the-Pĕlištîm ʾet-Yiśrāʾēl, and wayyēred Dāwid and-ʿăbādāyw with-him, and wayyillāḥămû ʾet-Pĕlištîm, and wayyāʿap Dāwid.

Grammar Details

• *wattĕhî*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3fs - and there was
• *milḥāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - war/battle
• *Pĕlištîm*: proper noun, plural - Philistines
• *ʾet*: preposition - with
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wayyēred*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he went down
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *ʿăbādāyw*: noun, masculine plural construct + 3ms suffix - his servants
• *wayyillāḥămû*: waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3mp - and they fought
• *wayyāʿap*: waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he grew weary

Word Meanings

• *wayyillāḥămû*: they fought/they did battle
• *wayyāʿap*: grew weary/became exhausted/fainted

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 5:17 : 17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.
• 2 Sam 5:22 : 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
• 2 Sam 5:25 : 25 And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.
• 1 Chr 20:4 : 4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
• Ps 71:9 : 9 Cast me not off in the time of old age; Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
• Ps 71:18 : 18 Yea, even when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not, Until I have declared thy strength unto [the next] generation, Thy might to every one that is to come.
• Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
• Eccl 12:3 : 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,
• Isa 40:28-30 : 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The everlasting God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary; there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
• Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 24 but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
• 1 Pet 1:24-25 : 24 For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth: 25 But the word of the Lord abideth for ever. And this is the word of good tidings which was preached unto you.
• Josh 14:10-11 : 10 And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I as in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in.