2 Samuel 6:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִי עוֹד֙ מִזֹּ֔את וְהָיִ֥יתִי שָׁפָ֖ל בְּעֵינָ֑י וְעִם־הָֽאֲמָהוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתְּ עִמָּ֖ם אִכָּבֵֽדָה׃

Transliteration

And-nəqallōtî more from-this and-hāyîtî šāfāl in-ʿênāy and-with-the-ʾămāhôt whom ʾāmart with-them ʾikkābēdāh.

Grammar Details

• *nəqallōtî*: Niphal perfect 1st common singular with waw consecutive - I will be more lightly esteemed
• *hāyîtî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular with waw consecutive - I will be
• *šāfāl*: adjective masculine singular - low/lowly
• *ʿênāy*: feminine dual with 1st common singular suffix - my eyes
• *ʾămāhôt*: feminine plural with definite article - maidservants
• *ʾāmart*: Qal perfect 2nd feminine singular - you said
• *ʾikkābēdāh*: Niphal imperfect 1st common singular cohortative - I will be honored

Word Meanings

• *nəqallōtî*: I will be more lightly esteemed/I will make myself more contemptible
• *šāfāl*: low/lowly/humble
• *ʾikkābēdāh*: I will be honored/I will be held in honor

Referenced Verses

• 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
• Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the lovingkindnesses, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two companies.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• Job 40:4 : 4 Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.
• Job 42:6 : 6 Wherefore I abhor [myself], And repent in dust and ashes.
• Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
• Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.
• Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
• Acts 5:41-42 : 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name. 42 And every day, in the temple and at {G3956} home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus [as] the Christ.
• 1 Tim 1:15 : 15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief:
• Heb 12:2 : 2 looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of [our] faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and hath sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• 1 Pet 5:6 : 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;