7{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.18.7",
"source": "וַיִּנָּ֤גְפוּ שָׁם֙ עַ֣ם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֞ם הַמַּגֵּפָ֧ה גְדוֹלָ֛ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃",
"text": "*wa-yinnāgəp̄û* there *ʿam Yiśrāʾēl* before *ʿaḇdê Dāwid* *wa-təhî*-there *ha-maggēp̄āh gədôlāh* in-*ha-yôm ha-hûʾ* twenty thousand.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yinnāgəp̄û*": "waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they were defeated",
"*ʿam*": "common noun, masculine singular construct - people of",
"*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Israel",
"*lip̄nê*": "preposition + common noun masculine plural construct - before",
"*ʿaḇdê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - servants of",
"*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*wa-təhî*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and there was",
"*ha-maggēp̄āh*": "definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the slaughter/defeat/plague",
"*gədôlāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - great/large",
"*ha-yôm*": "definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the day",
"*ha-hûʾ*": "definite article + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - that",
"*ʿeśrîm ʾālep̄*": "numeral + common noun, masculine singular - twenty thousand"
},
"variants": {
"*nāgap̄*": "to strike/defeat/smite",
"*ʿam*": "people/troops",
"*ʿeḇed*": "servant/official/subject",
"*maggēp̄āh*": "defeat/slaughter/plague"
}
}
8{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.18.8",
"source": "וַתְּהִי־שָׁ֧ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה נָפֹ֖צֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֶּ֤רֶב הַיַּ֙עַר֙ לֶאֱכֹ֣ל בָּעָ֔ם מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָכְלָ֛ה הַחֶ֖רֶב בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃",
"text": "*wa-təhî*-there *ha-milḥāmāh nāp̄ōṣet* over-face-of all-*ha-ʾāreṣ* *wa-yereḇ ha-yaʿar* to-consume in-*ha-ʿām* from-that consumed *ha-ḥereḇ* in-*ha-yôm ha-hûʾ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-təhî*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and was",
"*ha-milḥāmāh*": "definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the battle",
"*nāp̄ōṣet*": "niphal participle, feminine singular - scattered/spread",
"*pənê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - face of",
"*kol-ha-ʾāreṣ*": "construct + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - all the land",
"*wa-yereḇ*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and multiplied/increased",
"*ha-yaʿar*": "definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the forest",
"*leʾĕḵōl*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to devour/consume",
"*ba-ʿām*": "preposition + definite article + common noun - in the people",
"*mēʾăšer*": "preposition + relative pronoun - from what/more than",
"*ʾāḵəlāh*": "qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - consumed/devoured",
"*ha-ḥereḇ*": "definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the sword",
"*ba-yôm ha-hûʾ*": "preposition + definite article + common noun + definite article + demonstrative pronoun - in that day"
},
"variants": {
"*pûṣ*": "to scatter/disperse/spread",
"*pānîm*": "face/surface/front",
"*rāḇāh*": "to multiply/increase/be many",
"*ʾāḵal*": "to eat/consume/devour",
"*ḥereḇ*": "sword/warfare"
}
}
9{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.18.9",
"source": "וַיִּקָּרֵא֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם רֹכֵ֣ב עַל־הַפֶּ֗רֶד וַיָּבֹ֣א הַפֶּ֡רֶד תַּ֣חַת שׂוֹבֶךְ֩ הָאֵלָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק רֹאשׁ֣וֹ בָאֵלָ֗ה וַיֻּתַּן֙ בֵּ֤ין הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהַפֶּ֥רֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּ֖יו עָבָֽר׃",
"text": "*wa-yiqqārēʾ ʾAbšālôm* before *ʿaḇdê Dāwid* and-*ʾAbšālôm rōḵēḇ* on-*ha-pered* *wa-yāḇōʾ ha-pered* under *śôḇeḵ ha-ʾēlāh ha-gədôlāh* *wa-yeḥĕzaq* his-head in-*ha-ʾēlāh* *wa-yuttan* between *ha-šāmayim* and-between *ha-ʾāreṣ* and-*ha-pered* which-under-him passed-on.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yiqqārēʾ*": "waw-consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he encountered/happened to meet",
"*ʾAbšālôm*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom",
"*lip̄nê*": "preposition + common noun masculine plural construct - before",
"*ʿaḇdê*": "common noun, masculine plural construct - servants of",
"*Dāwid*": "proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*rōḵēḇ*": "qal participle, masculine singular - riding",
"*ha-pered*": "definite article + common noun, masculine singular - the mule",
"*wa-yāḇōʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and came/went",
"*taḥat*": "preposition - under/beneath",
"*śôḇeḵ*": "common noun, masculine singular construct - thick branches/tangled growth of",
"*ha-ʾēlāh*": "definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the terebinth/oak tree",
"*ha-gədôlāh*": "definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the great/large",
"*wa-yeḥĕzaq*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and was caught/seized",
"*rōʾšô*": "common noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his head",
"*ḇā-ʾēlāh*": "preposition + definite article + common noun - in the terebinth/oak",
"*wa-yuttan*": "waw-consecutive + hophal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he was suspended/left hanging",
"*bên*": "preposition - between",
"*ha-šāmayim*": "definite article + common noun, masculine plural - the heavens/sky",
"*ha-ʾāreṣ*": "definite article + common noun, feminine singular - the earth/ground",
"*ʾăšer-taḥtāw*": "relative pronoun + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - which was under him",
"*ʿāḇār*": "qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - passed on/went away"
},
"variants": {
"*qārāʾ*": "to meet/encounter/happen upon",
"*rāḵaḇ*": "to ride/mount",
"*pered*": "mule",
"*śôḇeḵ*": "thicket/tangled branches",
"*ʾēlāh*": "terebinth/oak tree",
"*ḥāzaq*": "to seize/catch/be caught",
"*nātan*": "to give/place/put/suspend"
}
}
10{
"verseID": "2 Samuel.18.10",
"source": "וַיַּרְא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְיוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אֶת־אַבְשָׁלֹ֔ם תָּל֖וּי בָּאֵלָֽה׃",
"text": "*wa-yarʾ ʾîš ʾeḥād* *wa-yaggēd* to-*Yôʾāb* *wa-yōʾmer* behold I-saw *ʾet*-*ʾAbšālōm* hanging in-*ha-ʾēlāh*.",
"grammar": {
"*wa-yarʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and saw",
"*ʾîš ʾeḥād*": "common noun, masculine singular + numeral - one man/a certain man",
"*wa-yaggēd*": "waw-consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he told/reported",
"*Yôʾāb*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Joab",
"*wa-yōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*hinnēh*": "interjection - behold/look",
"*rāʾîtî*": "qal perfect 1st common singular - I saw",
"*ʾet*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾAbšālōm*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Absalom",
"*tālûy*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - hanging",
"*bā-ʾēlāh*": "preposition + definite article + common noun, feminine singular - in the terebinth/oak"
},
"variants": {
"*rāʾāh*": "to see/observe/notice",
"*nāgad*": "to tell/report/inform",
"*tālāh*": "to hang/suspend"
}
}