1 Samuel 21:3
{ "verseID": "1 Samuel.21.3", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ צִוַּ֣נִי דָבָר֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אִ֣ישׁ אַל־יֵ֧דַע מְא֛וּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי אֶל־מְק֥וֹם פְּלֹנִ֖י אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *Dāwid* to *laʾĂḥîmelek* the *hakkōhēn* the *hammelek* *ṣiwwanî* *dābār* and *wayyōʾmer* to me *ʾîš* not *yēdaʿ* *meʾûmâ* *ʾet*-the *haddābār* which-*ʾānōkî* *šōlēaḥăkā* and which *ṣiwwîtîkā* and *ʾet*-the *hanneʿārîm* *yôdaʿtî* to *meqôm* *pelōnî* *ʾalmônî*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular - David", "*laʾĂḥîmelek*": "preposition + proper noun, masculine singular - to Ahimelech", "*hakkōhēn*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular, absolute - the priest", "*hammelek*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular, absolute - the king", "*ṣiwwanî*": "piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st common singular suffix - he commanded me", "*dābār*": "noun, masculine singular, absolute - word/matter/thing", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular, absolute - man/anyone", "*yēdaʿ*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular jussive - let know/know", "*meʾûmâ*": "noun, masculine singular - anything", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*haddābār*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular, absolute - the word/matter/thing", "*ʾānōkî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*šōlēaḥăkā*": "qal active participle, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - sending you", "*ṣiwwîtîkā*": "piel perfect, 1st person singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - I commanded you", "*hanneʿārîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural, absolute - the young men/servants", "*yôdaʿtî*": "hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I made known/informed/directed", "*meqôm*": "noun, masculine singular, construct - place of", "*pelōnî*": "adjective, masculine singular - certain/specific", "*ʾalmônî*": "adjective, masculine singular - such and such/unnamed" }, "variants": { "*dābār*": "word/matter/thing/command", "*yēdaʿ*": "know/be aware of/learn about", "*šōlēaḥăkā*": "sending you/dispatching you", "*yôdaʿtî*": "I made known/I informed/I directed/I appointed", "*pelōnî ʾalmônî*": "such and such a place/certain unnamed place/specific undisclosed location" } }