1 Chronicles 13:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּירָ֤א דָוִיד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֚יךְ אָבִ֣יא אֵלַ֔י אֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-yîrāʾ dāwîd ʾet-hā-ʾĕlōhîm bay-yôm hahûʾ lēʾmōr hêk ʾābîʾ ʾēlay ʾēt ʾărôn hā-ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yîrāʾ*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he feared
*dāwîd*: proper noun - David
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hā-ʾĕlōhîm*: definite article + masculine plural noun - the God
*bay-yôm*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the day
*hahûʾ*: definite article + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - that
*lēʾmōr*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - saying
*hêk*: interrogative adverb - how
*ʾābîʾ*: Hiphil imperfect 1st common singular - shall I bring
*ʾēlay*: preposition + 1st common singular suffix - to me
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ʾărôn*: masculine singular construct noun - ark of

Word Meanings

*wə-yîrāʾ*: and he feared/and he was afraid of
*hêk*: how/in what way

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Referenced Verses

Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Job 25:5-6 : 5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Matt 25:24 : 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
Luke 5:8-9 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

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