1 Chronicles 11:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְאָ֥יו דָּוִ֖יד וַיֹּאמַ֑ר מִ֚י יַשְׁקֵ֣נִי מַ֔יִם מִבּ֥וֹר בֵּֽית־לֶ֖חֶם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּֽׁעַר

Transliteration

And wayyitʾāw Dāwîd and wayyōʾmar: mî yašqēnî mayim from bôr Bêt-leḥem which [is] baššāʿar

Grammar Details

*wayyitʾāw*: waw consecutive + Hithpael imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he longed/desired
*Dāwîd*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*wayyōʾmar*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*yašqēnî*: Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - will give me to drink
*mayim*: noun masculine plural - water
*bôr*: noun masculine singular construct - well/cistern of
*Bêt-leḥem*: proper noun - Bethlehem (lit. house of bread)
*baššāʿar*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine singular - in the gate

Word Meanings

*wayyitʾāw*: longed for/desired/craved
*yašqēnî*: give me to drink/provide me water/quench my thirst
*bôr*: well/cistern/pit
*baššāʿar*: in the gate/entrance/portal

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Referenced Verses

Num 11:4-5 : 4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
2 Sam 23:15-16 : 15 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! 16 And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD.
Ps 42:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
Ps 63:1 : 1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek{H8762)} thee: my soul thirsteth{H8804)} for thee, my flesh longeth{H8804)} for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
Ps 143:6 : 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
Isa 12:3 : 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
John 4:10 : 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

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