28{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.28",
"source": "וַיֵּ֧שֶׁב אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם בִּירוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם שְׁנָתַ֣יִם יָמִ֑ים וּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃",
"text": "*wayyēšeb ʾAvšālôm* in-*Yərûšālaim šənātayim yāmîm* and-*pənê hammeleḵ lōʾ rāʾâ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyēšeb*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he dwelt/remained",
"*ʾAvšālôm*": "proper name - Absalom",
"*bîrûšālaim*": "preposition + proper name - in Jerusalem",
"*šənātayim*": "dual form noun - two years",
"*yāmîm*": "masculine plural noun - days (idiomatic with time expressions)",
"*ûpənê*": "waw-conjunction + masculine plural construct noun - and face of",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not",
"*rāʾâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he saw"
},
"variants": {
"*šənātayim yāmîm*": "two years of days/two full years/two years time",
"*pənê hammeleḵ*": "face of the king/the king's presence"
}
}
29{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.29",
"source": "וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אַבְשָׁל֜וֹם אֶל־יוֹאָ֗ב לִשְׁלֹ֤חַ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח עוֹד֙ שֵׁנִ֔ית וְלֹ֥א אָבָ֖ה לָבֽוֹא׃",
"text": "*wayyišlaḥ ʾAvšālôm* to-*Yôʾāv lišlōaḥ ʾōtô* to-*hammeleḵ wəlōʾ ʾāvâ lāvôʾ ʾēlāyw wayyišlaḥ ʿôd šēnît wəlōʾ ʾāvâ lāvôʾ*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he sent",
"*ʾAvšālôm*": "proper name - Absalom",
"*ʾel-Yôʾāv*": "preposition + proper name - to Joab",
"*lišlōaḥ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to send",
"*ʾōtô*": "direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - him",
"*ʾel-hammeleḵ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king",
"*wəlōʾ*": "waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʾāvâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he was willing/consented",
"*lāvôʾ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to come",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*wayyišlaḥ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he sent",
"*ʿôd*": "adverb - again/still",
"*šēnît*": "feminine ordinal number - second time",
"*wəlōʾ*": "waw-conjunction + negative particle - and not",
"*ʾāvâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he was willing/consented",
"*lāvôʾ*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to come"
},
"variants": {
"*lišlōaḥ ʾōtô*": "to send him/that he might send him",
"*ʾāvâ*": "was willing/consented/desired"
}
}
30{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.30",
"source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָ֜יו רְאוּ֩ חֶלְקַ֨ת יוֹאָ֤ב אֶל־יָדִי֙ וְלוֹ־שָׁ֣ם שְׂעֹרִ֔ים לְכ֖וּ *והוצתיה **וְהַצִּית֣וּהָ בָאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּצִּ֜תוּ עַבְדֵ֧י אַבְשָׁל֛וֹם אֶת־הַחֶלְקָ֖ה בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ פ",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer* to-*ʿăvādāyw rəʾû ḥelqat Yôʾāv* to-*yādî wəlô-šām śəʿōrîm ləḵû wəhaṣṣîtûhā bāʾēš wayyaṣṣîtû ʿaḇdê ʾAvšālôm* [direct object marker]-*haḥelqâ bāʾēš*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾel-ʿăvādāyw*": "preposition + masculine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his servants",
"*rəʾû*": "Qal imperative masculine plural - see/look",
"*ḥelqat*": "feminine singular construct noun - portion/field of",
"*Yôʾāv*": "proper name - Joab",
"*ʾel-yādî*": "preposition + feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - beside my hand/next to me",
"*wəlô-šām*": "waw-conjunction + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix + adverb - and to him there",
"*śəʿōrîm*": "feminine plural noun - barley",
"*ləḵû*": "Qal imperative masculine plural - go",
"*wəhaṣṣîtûhā*": "waw-conjunction + Hiphil imperative masculine plural with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and set it on fire",
"*bāʾēš*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with the fire",
"*wayyaṣṣîtû*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they set on fire",
"*ʿaḇdê*": "masculine plural construct noun - servants of",
"*ʾAvšālôm*": "proper name - Absalom",
"*ʾet-haḥelqâ*": "direct object marker + definite article + feminine singular noun - the portion/field",
"*bāʾēš*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with the fire"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥelqat*": "portion/field/plot",
"*ʾel-yādî*": "beside my hand/next to me/near me",
"*haṣṣîtûhā*": "set it on fire/kindle it"
}
}
31{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.31",
"source": "וַיָּ֣קָם יוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם הַבָּ֑יְתָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו לָ֣מָּה הִצִּ֧יתוּ עֲבָדֶ֛ךָ אֶת־הַחֶלְקָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־לִ֖י בָּאֵֽשׁ׃",
"text": "*wayyāqām Yôʾāv wayyāvōʾ* to-*ʾAvšālôm habbāytâ wayyōʾmer* to-him *lāmmâ hiṣṣîtû ʿăvādeḵā* [direct object marker]-*haḥelqâ ʾăšer-lî bāʾēš*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāqām*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he arose",
"*Yôʾāv*": "proper name - Joab",
"*wayyāvōʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he came",
"*ʾel-ʾAvšālôm*": "preposition + proper name - to Absalom",
"*habbāytâ*": "definite article + noun with locative suffix - to the house",
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾēlāyw*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*lāmmâ*": "interrogative - why",
"*hiṣṣîtû*": "Hiphil perfect 3rd person plural - they set on fire",
"*ʿăvādeḵā*": "masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servants",
"*ʾet-haḥelqâ*": "direct object marker + definite article + feminine singular noun - the portion/field",
"*ʾăšer-lî*": "relative pronoun + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - which is mine/that belongs to me",
"*bāʾēš*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - with the fire"
},
"variants": {
"*habbāytâ*": "to the house/homeward/into the house"
}
}
32{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.32",
"source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אֶל־יוֹאָ֡ב הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר בֹּ֣א הֵ֠נָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ אֹתְךָ֨ אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר לָ֤מָּה בָּ֙אתִי֙ מִגְּשׁ֔וּר ט֥וֹב לִ֖י עֹ֣ד אֲנִי־שָׁ֑ם וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶרְאֶה֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֥י עָוֺ֖ן וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃",
"text": "*wayyōʾmer ʾAvšālôm* to-*Yôʾāv hinnê šālaḥtî* to-you *lēʾmōr bōʾ hēnnâ wəʾešləḥâ ʾōtəḵā* to-*hammeleḵ lēʾmōr lāmmâ bāʾtî miGgəšûr ṭôv lî ʿōd ʾănî-šām wəʿattâ ʾerʾeh pənê hammeleḵ wəʾim-yeš-bî ʿāwōn wehĕmitānî*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾAvšālôm*": "proper name - Absalom",
"*ʾel-Yôʾāv*": "preposition + proper name - to Joab",
"*hinnê*": "interjection - behold",
"*šālaḥtî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I sent",
"*ʾēleḵā*": "preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*bōʾ*": "Qal imperative masculine singular - come",
"*hēnnâ*": "adverb - here/hither",
"*wəʾešləḥâ*": "waw-conjunction + Qal cohortative 1st person singular - and let me send",
"*ʾōtəḵā*": "direct object marker with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - you",
"*ʾel-hammeleḵ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king",
"*lēʾmōr*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*lāmmâ*": "interrogative - why",
"*bāʾtî*": "Qal perfect 1st person singular - I came",
"*miGgəšûr*": "preposition + proper name - from Geshur",
"*ṭôv*": "masculine singular adjective - good",
"*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me",
"*ʿōd*": "adverb - still/yet",
"*ʾănî-šām*": "1st person singular pronoun + adverb - I [was] there",
"*wəʿattâ*": "waw-conjunction + adverb - and now",
"*ʾerʾeh*": "Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will see",
"*pənê*": "masculine plural construct noun - face of",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*wəʾim-yeš-bî*": "waw-conjunction + conditional particle + existential particle + preposition with 1st person singular suffix - and if there is in me",
"*ʿāwōn*": "masculine singular noun - iniquity/guilt",
"*wehĕmitānî*": "waw-conjunction + Hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - then let him kill me"
},
"variants": {
"*ṭôv lî ʿōd ʾănî-šām*": "better for me still I [was] there/it would be better for me if I were still there/better for me to have remained there",
"*ʿāwōn*": "iniquity/guilt/sin/wrongdoing"
}
}
33{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.14.33",
"source": "וַיָּבֹ֨א יוֹאָ֣ב אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֶּד־לוֹ֒ וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧וֹ עַל־אַפָּ֛יו אַ֖רְצָה לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ פ",
"text": "*wayyāvōʾ Yôʾāv* to-*hammeleḵ wayyagged-lô wayyiqrāʾ* to-*ʾAvšālôm wayyāvōʾ* to-*hammeleḵ wayyištaḥû* to-him on-*ʾappāyw ʾarṣâ lipnê hammeleḵ wayyiššaq hammeleḵ ləʾAvšālôm*",
"grammar": {
"*wayyāvōʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he came",
"*Yôʾāv*": "proper name - Joab",
"*ʾel-hammeleḵ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king",
"*wayyagged-lô*": "Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive + preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he told him",
"*wayyiqrāʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he called",
"*ʾel-ʾAvšālôm*": "preposition + proper name - to Absalom",
"*wayyāvōʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he came",
"*ʾel-hammeleḵ*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king",
"*wayyištaḥû*": "Hishtaphel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he bowed down",
"*lô*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʿal-ʾappāyw*": "preposition + masculine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - on his face/nostrils",
"*ʾarṣâ*": "noun with directional he - to the ground",
"*lipnê*": "preposition + plural construct noun - before",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*wayyiššaq*": "Piel imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he kissed",
"*hammeleḵ*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the king",
"*ləʾAvšālôm*": "preposition + proper name - to Absalom"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyištaḥû*": "he bowed himself/prostrated himself",
"*ʿal-ʾappāyw ʾarṣâ*": "on his face to the ground/with his face to the earth"
}
}