13 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.13",
"source": "וַיֵּרְד֨וּ *שלשים **שְׁלֹשָׁ֜ה מֵהַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים רֹ֗אשׁ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל־קָצִיר֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד אֶל־מְעָרַ֖ת עֲדֻלָּ֑ם וְחַיַּ֣ת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים חֹנָ֖ה בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים",
"text": "And *yērəḏû* *šəlōšāh* from the *haššəlōšîm* *rōʾš*, and *yāḇōʾû* *ʾel*-*qāṣîr* *ʾel*-*Dāwiḏ*, *ʾel*-*məʿāraṯ* *ʿĂḏullām*; and *ḥayyaṯ* *Pəlištîm* *ḥōnāh* in *ʿēmeq* *Rəfāʾîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yērəḏû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they went down",
"*šəlōšāh*": "number - three",
"*mē-*": "preposition - from",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*šəlōšîm*": "number - thirty",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular - head/chief",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yāḇōʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they came",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*Dāwiḏ*": "proper noun - David",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*məʿāraṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - cave of",
"*ʿĂḏullām*": "proper noun - Adullam",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ḥayyaṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - company of",
"*Pəlištîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*ḥōnāh*": "qal participle, feminine singular - encamping",
"*bə-*": "preposition - in",
"*ʿēmeq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - valley of",
"*Rəfāʾîm*": "proper noun - Rephaim"
},
"variants": {
"*yērəḏû*": "went down/descended",
"*rōʾš*": "head/chief/principal men",
"*yāḇōʾû*": "came/entered/arrived",
"*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvest time",
"*məʿāraṯ*": "cave of/den of",
"*ḥayyaṯ*": "company/troop/host",
"*ḥōnāh*": "encamping/camping/settling"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.14",
"source": "וְדָוִ֖ד אָ֣ז בַּמְּצוּדָ֑ה וּמַצַּ֣ב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים אָ֖ז בֵּ֥ית לָֽחֶם",
"text": "And *Dāwiḏ* then in the *məṣûḏāh*; and *maṣṣaḇ* *Pəlištîm* then *Bêṯ* *Lāḥem*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*Dāwiḏ*": "proper noun - David",
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then/at that time",
"*ba-*": "preposition + definite article - in the",
"*məṣûḏāh*": "noun, feminine singular - stronghold",
"*û-*": "conjunction - and",
"*maṣṣaḇ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - garrison of",
"*Pəlištîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*ʾāz*": "adverb - then/at that time",
"*Bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - house of",
"*Lāḥem*": "proper noun - Lehem/Bethlehem"
},
"variants": {
"*məṣûḏāh*": "stronghold/fortress/cave",
"*maṣṣaḇ*": "garrison/post/station"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.15",
"source": "וַיִּתְאַוֶּ֥ה דָוִ֖ד וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִ֚י יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי מַ֔יִם מִבֹּ֥אר בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁעַר",
"text": "And *yiṯʾawweh* *Dāwiḏ* and *yōʾmar*: Who *yašqēnî* *mayim* from *bōʾr* *Bêṯ*-*Leḥem* *ʾăšer* in the *šaʿar*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yiṯʾawweh*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he longed",
"*Dāwiḏ*": "proper noun - David",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said",
"*mî*": "interrogative pronoun - who",
"*yašqēnî*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - he will give me to drink",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - water",
"*min-*": "preposition - from",
"*bōʾr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - well of",
"*Bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - Bethlehem",
"*Leḥem*": "proper noun - Lehem",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which",
"*ba-*": "preposition + definite article - in the",
"*šaʿar*": "noun, masculine singular - gate"
},
"variants": {
"*yiṯʾawweh*": "longed/desired earnestly/craved",
"*yašqēnî*": "give me to drink/let me drink",
"*bōʾr*": "well/cistern/pit"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.16",
"source": "וַיִּבְקְעוּ֩ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִ֜ים בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־מַ֙יִם֙ מִבֹּ֤אר בֵּֽית־לֶ֙חֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשַּׁ֔עַר וַיִּשְׂא֖וּ וַיָּבִ֣אוּ אֶל־דָּוִ֑ד וְלֹ֤א אָבָה֙ לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֔ם וַיַּסֵּ֥ךְ אֹתָ֖ם לַֽיהוָֽה",
"text": "And *yiḇqəʿû* *šəlōšeṯ* *haggibbōrîm* in *maḥănēh* *Pəlištîm*, and *yišʾăḇû*-*mayim* from *bōʾr* *Bêṯ*-*Leḥem* *ʾăšer* in the *šaʿar*, and *yiśʾû* and *yāḇîʾû* *ʾel*-*Dāwiḏ*; and *lōʾ* *ʾāḇāh* *lištôṯām* and *yassēḵ* *ʾōṯām* to *YHWH*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yiḇqəʿû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they broke through",
"*šəlōšeṯ*": "number, construct - three of",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*gibbōrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - mighty men",
"*bə-*": "preposition - in",
"*maḥănēh*": "noun, masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*Pəlištîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural - Philistines",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yišʾăḇû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they drew",
"*mayim*": "noun, masculine plural - water",
"*min-*": "preposition - from",
"*bōʾr*": "noun, masculine singular construct - well of",
"*Bêṯ*": "noun, masculine singular construct - Bethlehem",
"*Leḥem*": "proper noun - Lehem",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which",
"*ba-*": "preposition + definite article - in the",
"*šaʿar*": "noun, masculine singular - gate",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yiśʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they carried",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yāḇîʾû*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they brought",
"*ʾel*": "preposition - to",
"*Dāwiḏ*": "proper noun - David",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾāḇāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he was willing",
"*li-*": "preposition - to",
"*štôṯām*": "qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - drink them",
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yassēḵ*": "hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he poured out",
"*ʾōṯām*": "direct object marker + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - them",
"*la-*": "preposition - to",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD"
},
"variants": {
"*yiḇqəʿû*": "broke through/penetrated/split",
"*yišʾăḇû*": "drew/hauled/pumped",
"*yiśʾû*": "carried/lifted/bore",
"*yāḇîʾû*": "brought/carried/conveyed",
"*ʾāḇāh*": "was willing/consented/desired",
"*yassēḵ*": "poured out/offered as libation"
}
}
17 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.17",
"source": "וַיֹּ֡אמֶר חָלִילָה֩ לִּ֨י יְהוָ֜ה מֵעֲשֹׂ֣תִי זֹ֗את הֲדַ֤ם הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ הַהֹלְכִ֣ים בְּנַפְשׁוֹתָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לִשְׁתּוֹתָ֑ם אֵ֣לֶּה עָשׂ֔וּ שְׁלֹ֖שֶׁת הַגִּבֹּרִֽים",
"text": "And *yōʾmer*: *ḥālîlāh* to me *YHWH* from *ʿăśōṯî* this. Is it the *dam* *hāʾănāšîm* the *hahōləḵîm* *bənafšôṯām*? And *lōʾ* *ʾāḇāh* *lištôṯām*. These things *ʿāśû* *šəlōšeṯ* *haggibbōrîm*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-*": "consecutive - and",
"*yōʾmer*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he said",
"*ḥālîlāh*": "interjection - far be it",
"*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me",
"*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD",
"*mē-*": "preposition - from",
"*ʿăśōṯî*": "qal infinitive construct + 1st person singular suffix - my doing",
"*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*hă-*": "interrogative prefix - is it?",
"*dam*": "noun, masculine singular construct - blood of",
"*hā-*": "definite article - the",
"*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*hōləḵîm*": "qal participle, masculine plural - going",
"*bə-*": "preposition - in/with",
"*nafšôṯām*": "noun, feminine plural + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their lives",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*ʾāḇāh*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he was willing",
"*li-*": "preposition - to",
"*štôṯām*": "qal infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - drink them",
"*ʾēlleh*": "demonstrative pronoun, plural - these",
"*ʿāśû*": "qal perfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they did",
"*šəlōšeṯ*": "number, construct - three of",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*gibbōrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - mighty men"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥālîlāh*": "far be it/God forbid/sacrilege",
"*ʿăśōṯî*": "my doing/that I should do",
"*dam*": "blood/bloodshed/life",
"*hōləḵîm*": "going/walking/risking",
"*nafšôṯām*": "their lives/souls/themselves",
"*ʾāḇāh*": "was willing/consented/desired"
}
}
18 {
"verseID": "2 Samuel.23.18",
"source": "וַאֲבִישַׁ֞י אֲחִ֣י ׀ יוֹאָ֣ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֗ה ה֚וּא רֹ֣אשׁ *השלשי **הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְהוּא֙ עוֹרֵ֣ר אֶת־חֲנִית֔וֹ עַל־שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת חָלָ֑ל וְלוֹ־שֵׁ֖ם בַּשְּׁלֹשָֽׁה",
"text": "And *ʾĂḇîšay* *ʾăḥî* *Yôʾāḇ* *ben*-*Ṣərûyāh*, he was *rōʾš* *haššəlōšāh*; and he *ʿôrēr* *ʾeṯ*-*ḥănîṯô* against three *mēʾôṯ* *ḥālāl*, and to him a *šēm* in the *šəlōšāh*",
"grammar": {
"*wa-*": "conjunction - and",
"*ʾĂḇîšay*": "proper noun - Abishai",
"*ʾăḥî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - brother of",
"*Yôʾāḇ*": "proper noun - Joab",
"*ben*": "noun, masculine singular construct - son of",
"*Ṣərûyāh*": "proper noun - Zeruiah",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*rōʾš*": "noun, masculine singular construct - head/chief of",
"*ha-*": "definite article - the",
"*šəlōšāh*": "number - three",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*hûʾ*": "pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he",
"*ʿôrēr*": "polel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he brandished",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*ḥănîṯô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his spear",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - against",
"*šəlōš*": "number - three",
"*mēʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural - hundreds",
"*ḥālāl*": "noun, masculine singular - slain",
"*wə-*": "conjunction - and",
"*lô*": "preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*šēm*": "noun, masculine singular - name",
"*ba-*": "preposition + definite article - in the",
"*šəlōšāh*": "number - three"
},
"variants": {
"*rōʾš*": "head/chief/commander of",
"*ʿôrēr*": "brandished/lifted/wielded",
"*ḥānîṯ*": "spear/javelin/lance",
"*ḥālāl*": "slain/killed/wounded",
"*šēm*": "name/reputation/renown"
}
}