1 Sam 26:8-9 : 8 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.26.8",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲבִישַׁי֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד סִגַּ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֥ים הַיּ֛וֹם אֶת־אוֹיִבְךָ֖ בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְעַתָּה֩ אַכֶּ֨נּוּ נָ֜א בַּחֲנִ֤ית וּבָאָ֙רֶץ֙ פַּ֣עַם אַחַ֔ת וְלֹ֥א אֶשְׁנֶ֖ה לֽוֹ׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾăḇîšay* to *dāwiḏ*: *siggar* *ʾĕlōhîm* this day *ʾeṯ*-your *ʾôyiḇḵā* in *yāḏeḵā*. And now *ʾakennû* *nāʾ* with the *ḥănîṯ* and in the *ʾāreṣ* one *paʿam*, and not *ʾešneh* to him.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*ʾăḇîšay*": "Proper noun, masculine singular - Abishai",
"*dāwiḏ*": "Proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*siggar*": "Piel perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has delivered up",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "Noun, masculine plural (used as singular) - God",
"*ʾeṯ*": "Direct object marker",
"*ʾôyiḇḵā*": "Qal participle, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your enemy",
"*yāḏeḵā*": "Noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - into your hand",
"*ʾakennû*": "Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - let me strike him",
"*nāʾ*": "Particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*ḥănîṯ*": "Noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition and definite article - with the spear",
"*ʾāreṣ*": "Noun, feminine singular with prefixed preposition and definite article - into the ground",
"*paʿam*": "Noun, feminine singular - time/stroke",
"*ʾešneh*": "Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will repeat/do again"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "said/spoke",
"*siggar*": "delivered up/trapped/handed over",
"*ʾĕlōhîm*": "God/deity",
"*ʾôyiḇḵā*": "your enemy/your adversary",
"*yāḏeḵā*": "your hand/your power",
"*ʾakennû*": "let me strike him/let me smite him",
"*nāʾ*": "please/now/I pray",
"*ḥănîṯ*": "spear/lance",
"*paʿam*": "time/stroke/blow",
"*ʾešneh*": "I will repeat/do twice/do again"
}
}
9 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.26.9",
"source": "וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֖י אַל־תַּשְׁחִיתֵ֑הוּ כִּ֠י מִ֣י שָׁלַ֥ח יָד֛וֹ בִּמְשִׁ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה וְנִקָּֽה׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *dāwiḏ* to *ʾăḇîšay*: *ʾal*-*tašḥîṯēhû*, for who *šālaḥ* *yāḏô* against *mәšîaḥ* *YHWH* and *wәniqqâ*?",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*dāwiḏ*": "Proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*ʾăḇîšay*": "Proper noun, masculine singular - Abishai",
"*ʾal*": "Negative particle for command - do not",
"*tašḥîṯēhû*": "Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - destroy him",
"*šālaḥ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - sent out/extended",
"*yāḏô*": "Noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hand",
"*mәšîaḥ*": "Noun, masculine singular construct - anointed of",
"*YHWH*": "Proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD",
"*wәniqqâ*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw conjunction - and be held innocent/guiltless"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "said/spoke",
"*ʾal*": "do not/never",
"*tašḥîṯēhû*": "destroy him/harm him/kill him",
"*šālaḥ*": "sent out/extended/stretched out",
"*yāḏô*": "his hand/his power",
"*mәšîaḥ*": "anointed one/consecrated one",
"*wәniqqâ*": "and be held innocent/go unpunished/be acquitted"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.26.10",
"source": "וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוָ֖ה יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־יוֹמ֤וֹ יָבוֹא֙ וָמֵ֔ת א֧וֹ בַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה יֵרֵ֖ד וְנִסְפָּֽה׃",
"text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *dāwiḏ*: *ḥay*-*YHWH*, for *ʾim*-*YHWH* *yiggāp̄ennû* or his *yômô* *yāḇôʾ* and *wāmēṯ*, or in the *milḥāmâ* *yērēḏ* and *wәnispâ*.",
"grammar": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he said",
"*dāwiḏ*": "Proper noun, masculine singular - David",
"*ḥay*": "Adjective, masculine singular construct - alive/living",
"*YHWH*": "Proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD",
"*ʾim*": "Conditional particle - if/surely",
"*yiggāp̄ennû*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - will strike him",
"*yômô*": "Noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his day",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - will come",
"*wāmēṯ*": "Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he will die",
"*milḥāmâ*": "Noun, feminine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition - in the battle",
"*yērēḏ*": "Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - he will go down",
"*wәnispâ*": "Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he will be swept away"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōʾmer*": "said/spoke",
"*ḥay*": "alive/as surely as...lives/by the life of",
"*ʾim*": "if/surely",
"*yiggāp̄ennû*": "will strike him/will smite him/will defeat him",
"*yômô*": "his day/his appointed time",
"*yāḇôʾ*": "will come/will arrive",
"*wāmēṯ*": "and he will die/and he dies",
"*milḥāmâ*": "battle/war/combat",
"*yērēḏ*": "he will go down/descend/enter",
"*wәnispâ*": "and he will be swept away/and he will perish"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "1 Samuel.26.11",
"source": "חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵֽיהוָ֔ה מִשְּׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠עַתָּה קַח־נָ֨א אֶֽת־הַחֲנִ֜ית אֲשֶׁ֧ר מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו וְאֶת־צַפַּ֥חַת הַמַּ֖יִם וְנֵ֥לֲכָה לָּֽנוּ׃",
"text": "*ḥālîlâ* to me from *YHWH* from *miššәlōaḥ* *yāḏî* against *mәšîaḥ* *YHWH*. And now, *qaḥ*-*nāʾ* *ʾeṯ*-the *ḥănîṯ* *ʾăšer* *mәraʾăšōṯāyw* and *ʾeṯ*-*ṣappaḥaṯ* the *mayim*, and *nēlăḵâ* to us.",
"grammar": {
"*ḥālîlâ*": "Substantive/interjection - far be it",
"*YHWH*": "Proper noun, divine name with prefixed preposition - from Yahweh/the LORD",
"*miššәlōaḥ*": "Qal infinitive construct with prefixed preposition - from stretching out",
"*yāḏî*": "Noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my hand",
"*mәšîaḥ*": "Noun, masculine singular construct with prefixed preposition - against the anointed of",
"*YHWH*": "Proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/the LORD",
"*qaḥ*": "Qal imperative masculine singular - take",
"*nāʾ*": "Particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*ʾeṯ*": "Direct object marker",
"*ḥănîṯ*": "Noun, feminine singular with definite article - the spear",
"*ʾăšer*": "Relative pronoun - which",
"*mәraʾăšōṯāyw*": "Noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - at his head",
"*ʾeṯ*": "Direct object marker",
"*ṣappaḥaṯ*": "Noun, feminine singular construct - jar/flask of",
"*mayim*": "Noun, masculine plural with definite article - the water",
"*nēlăḵâ*": "Qal imperfect 1st person plural with cohortative he - let us go"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥālîlâ*": "far be it/God forbid/by no means",
"*miššәlōaḥ*": "from stretching out/from sending/from extending",
"*yāḏî*": "my hand/my power",
"*mәšîaḥ*": "anointed one/consecrated one",
"*qaḥ*": "take/get",
"*nāʾ*": "please/now/I pray",
"*ḥănîṯ*": "spear/lance",
"*mәraʾăšōṯāyw*": "at his head/at his head-place",
"*ṣappaḥaṯ*": "jar/flask/jug",
"*mayim*": "water",
"*nēlăḵâ*": "let us go/let us depart"
}
}