1{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.16.1",
"source": "וְדָוִ֗ד עָבַ֤ר מְעַט֙ מֵֽהָרֹ֔אשׁ וְהִנֵּ֥ה צִיבָ֛א נַ֥עַר מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וְצֶ֨מֶד חֲמֹרִ֜ים חֲבֻשִׁ֗ים וַעֲלֵיהֶם֩ מָאתַ֨יִם לֶ֜חֶם וּמֵאָ֧ה צִמּוּקִ֛ים וּמֵ֥אָה קַ֖יִץ וְנֵ֥בֶל יָֽיִן׃",
"text": "And *Dāwid* *ʿābar* *məʿaṭ* from *hārōʾš*, and *hinnēh* *Ṣībāʾ* *naʿar* *Məpî-bōšeṯ* to *liqrāʾṯô*, and a *ṣemed* of *ḥămōrîm* *ḥăbušîm*, and upon them two hundred *leḥem* and one hundred *ṣimmûqîm* and one hundred *qayiṣ* and a *nēbel* of *yāyin*.",
"grammar": {
"*Dāwid*": "proper noun, subject",
"*ʿābar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - crossed/passed",
"*məʿaṭ*": "adverb - a little",
"*hārōʾš*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the summit/top/head",
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look",
"*Ṣībāʾ*": "proper noun, subject",
"*naʿar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - servant/attendant of",
"*Məpî-bōšeṯ*": "proper noun",
"*liqrāʾṯô*": "preposition + infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to meet him",
"*ṣemed*": "noun, masculine singular construct - pair/yoke",
"*ḥămōrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - donkeys",
"*ḥăbušîm*": "passive participle, masculine plural - saddled/bound",
"*leḥem*": "noun, masculine - bread/food",
"*ṣimmûqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - raisins/dried grapes",
"*qayiṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - summer fruits/figs",
"*nēbel*": "noun, masculine singular construct - skin/jar/bottle",
"*yāyin*": "noun, masculine singular - wine"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿābar*": "passed over/crossed/transgressed",
"*məʿaṭ*": "little distance/short way",
"*hārōʾš*": "the summit/head/top of the hill",
"*naʿar*": "servant/young man/attendant",
"*liqrāʾṯô*": "to meet him/to encounter him/to come opposite him",
"*ṣemed*": "pair/yoke/team",
"*ḥăbušîm*": "saddled/bound/equipped",
"*qayiṣ*": "summer fruits/figs/cakes of figs"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.16.2",
"source": "וַיֹּ֧אמֶר הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶל־צִיבָ֖א מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר צִ֠יבָא הַחֲמוֹרִ֨ים לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לִרְכֹּ֗ב *ולהלחם **וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם וְהַקַּ֙יִץ֙ לֶאֱכ֣וֹל הַנְּעָרִ֔ים וְהַיַּ֕יִן לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת הַיָּעֵ֖ף בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* the *hammelek* to *Ṣîbāʾ*, \"*Mâ-ʾēlleh* to you?\" And *wayyōʾmer* *Ṣîbāʾ*, \"The *haḥămôrîm* for *bêṯ-hammelek* to *lirkōb*, and the *halleḥem* and the *haqqayiṣ* for *leʾĕkôl* the *hannəʿārîm*, and the *hayyayin* for *lištôṯ* the *hayyāʿēf* in the *midbar*.\"",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*hammelek*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the king",
"*Mâ-ʾēlleh*": "interrogative + demonstrative pronoun - what are these",
"*haḥămôrîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the donkeys",
"*bêṯ-hammelek*": "noun construct + definite article + noun - house of the king/royal household",
"*lirkōb*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to ride",
"*halleḥem*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the bread/food",
"*haqqayiṣ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the summer fruit",
"*leʾĕkôl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to eat",
"*hannəʿārîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the young men/servants",
"*hayyayin*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wine",
"*lištôṯ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to drink",
"*hayyāʿēf*": "definite article + adjective, masculine singular - the weary/faint",
"*midbar*": "noun, masculine singular - wilderness/desert"
},
"variants": {
"*ולהלחם/וְהַלֶּ֤חֶם*": "textual variant - either 'and to fight' or 'and the bread'",
"*bêṯ-hammelek*": "king's household/royal family/royal court",
"*hannəʿārîm*": "young men/servants/attendants",
"*hayyāʿēf*": "the weary one/fatigued person/exhausted one",
"*midbar*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land"
}
}