Judges 3:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַעֲבָדָ֣יו בָּ֔אוּ וַיִּרְא֕וּ וְהִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ אַ֣ךְ מֵסִ֥יךְ ה֛וּא אֶת־רַגְלָ֖יו בַּחֲדַ֥ר הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃

Transliteration

And-he yāṣāʾ and-ʿăbādāyw bāʾû and-wayyirʾû and-behold daltôt the-ʿăliyyāh nĕʿulôt and-wayyōʾmĕrû surely mēsîk he ʾet-raglāyw in-ḥădar the-mĕqērāh.

Grammar Details

*wĕ-hûʾ*: conjunction + pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - and he
*yāṣāʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he went out
*wa-ʿăbādāyw*: conjunction + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and his servants
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came
*wa-yirʾû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they saw
*wĕ-hinnēh*: conjunction + demonstrative particle - and behold
*daltôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - doors of
*hā-ʿăliyyāh*: definite noun, feminine singular - the upper chamber
*nĕʿulôt*: qal passive participle, feminine plural - locked
*wa-yōʾmĕrû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they said
*ʾak*: adverb - surely/only
*mēsîk*: hiphil participle, masculine singular - covering
*hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*raglāyw*: noun, feminine dual + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his feet
*ba-ḥădar*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in room of
*ha-mĕqērāh*: definite noun, feminine singular - the cooling

Word Meanings

*yāṣāʾ*: went out/departed/exited
*ʿăbādāyw*: his servants/slaves/attendants
*bāʾû*: came/entered/arrived
*wayyirʾû*: and they saw/noticed/observed
*nĕʿulôt*: locked/bolted/fastened
*mēsîk et-raglāyw*: covering his feet (euphemism for relieving himself)
*ḥădar ha-mĕqērāh*: cool chamber/private room

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 24:3 : 3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

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