20{
"verseID": "2Samuel.22.20",
"source": "וַיֹּצֵ֥א לַמֶּרְחָ֖ב אֹתִ֑י יְחַלְּצֵ֖נִי כִּי־חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃",
"text": "And *wayyōṣēʾ* to *merḥāb* *ʾōtî*; *yeḥalleṣēnî* because-*ḥāpēṣ* in me.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōṣēʾ*": "Hiphil imperfect 3ms with waw-consecutive - he brought out",
"*merḥāb*": "masculine noun - broad place",
"*ʾōtî*": "direct object marker with 1cs suffix - me",
"*yeḥalleṣēnî*": "Piel imperfect 3ms with 1cs suffix - he rescues me",
"*ḥāpēṣ*": "Qal perfect 3ms - he delighted"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōṣēʾ*": "brought out, led out, delivered",
"*merḥāb*": "broad place, wide place, large area",
"*yeḥalleṣēnî*": "rescues me, delivers me, sets me free",
"*ḥāpēṣ*": "delighted, took pleasure, desired"
}
}
21{
"verseID": "2Samuel.22.21",
"source": "יִגְמְלֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה כְּצִדְקָתִ֑י כְּבֹ֥ר יָדַ֖י יָשִׁ֥יב לִֽי׃",
"text": "*yigmelēnî* *YHWH* according to *ṣidqātî*; according to *bōr* *yāday* *yāšîb* to me.",
"grammar": {
"*yigmelēnî*": "Qal imperfect 3ms with 1cs suffix - he rewards me",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*ṣidqātî*": "feminine noun with 1cs suffix - my righteousness",
"*bōr*": "masculine noun construct - cleanness of",
"*yāday*": "feminine dual noun with 1cs suffix - my hands",
"*yāšîb*": "Hiphil imperfect 3ms - he restores/returns"
},
"variants": {
"*yigmelēnî*": "rewards me, treats me, deals with me",
"*ṣidqātî*": "my righteousness, my rightness, my justice",
"*bōr*": "cleanness, purity",
"*yāšîb*": "returns, restores, repays"
}
}
22{
"verseID": "2Samuel.22.22",
"source": "כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖רְתִּי דַּרְכֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א רָשַׁ֖עְתִּי מֵאֱלֹהָֽי׃",
"text": "For *šāmartî* *darkê* *YHWH*; and not *rāšaʿtî* from *ʾĕlōhāy*.",
"grammar": {
"*šāmartî*": "Qal perfect 1cs - I kept",
"*darkê*": "feminine plural construct of *derek* - ways of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD",
"*rāšaʿtî*": "Qal perfect 1cs - I acted wickedly",
"*ʾĕlōhāy*": "masculine plural noun with 1cs suffix - my God"
},
"variants": {
"*šāmartî*": "kept, observed, guarded",
"*darkê*": "ways, paths, roads",
"*rāšaʿtî*": "acted wickedly, departed wickedly, done evil"
}
}
23{
"verseID": "2Samuel.22.23",
"source": "כִּ֥י כָל־*משפטו **מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו לְנֶגְדִּ֑י וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו לֹא־אָס֥וּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃",
"text": "For all-*mišpāṭāyw* before me; and *ḥuqqōtāyw* not *ʾāsûr* from her.",
"grammar": {
"*mišpāṭāyw*": "masculine plural noun with 3ms suffix - his judgments",
"*ḥuqqōtāyw*": "feminine plural noun with 3ms suffix - his statutes",
"*ʾāsûr*": "Qal imperfect 1cs - I turn aside"
},
"variants": {
"*mišpāṭāyw*": "his judgments, his ordinances, his laws",
"*ḥuqqōtāyw*": "his statutes, his decrees, his prescribed rules",
"*ʾāsûr*": "turn aside, depart, remove"
}
}
24{
"verseID": "2Samuel.22.24",
"source": "וָאֶהְיֶ֥ה תָמִ֖ים ל֑וֹ וָאֶשְׁתַּמְּרָ֖ה מֵעֲוֺנִֽי׃",
"text": "And *wāʾehyê* *tāmîm* to him; and *wāʾeštammerâ* from *ʿăwōnî*.",
"grammar": {
"*wāʾehyê*": "Qal imperfect 1cs with waw-consecutive - and I was",
"*tāmîm*": "masculine adjective - blameless",
"*wāʾeštammerâ*": "Hithpael imperfect 1cs with waw-consecutive - and I kept myself",
"*ʿăwōnî*": "masculine noun with 1cs suffix - my iniquity"
},
"variants": {
"*tāmîm*": "blameless, complete, perfect",
"*wāʾeštammerâ*": "kept myself, guarded myself, was careful",
"*ʿăwōnî*": "my iniquity, my guilt, my sin"
}
}