1 Samuel 22:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד מִשָּׁ֖ם מִצְפֵּ֣ה מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א אָבִ֤י וְאִמִּי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵדַ֔ע מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י אֱלֹהִֽים

Transliteration

wə-yēlek Dāwid mišām miṣpēh môʾāb wə-yōʾmer ʾel-melek môʾāb yēṣēʾ-nāʾ ʾābî wə-ʾimmî ʾittəkem ʿad ʾăšer ʾēdaʿ mah-yaʿăśeh-lî ʾĕlōhîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yēlek*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he went
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*mišām*: preposition + adverb - from there
*miṣpēh*: noun ms construct - Mizpeh of/watchtower of
*môʾāb*: proper noun - Moab
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*melek*: noun ms construct - king of
*yēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect 3ms jussive - let come out
*nāʾ*: particle - please
*ʾābî*: noun ms + 1cs suffix - my father
*wə-ʾimmî*: waw conjunction + noun fs + 1cs suffix - and my mother
*ʾittəkem*: preposition + 2mp suffix - with you
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - that
*ʾēdaʿ*: Qal imperfect 1cs - I know
*mah*: interrogative - what
*yaʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect 3ms - he will do
*lî*: preposition + 1cs suffix - to/for me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun mp - God

Word Meanings

*miṣpēh*: watchtower/lookout/Mizpeh (place name)
*yēṣēʾ-nāʾ*: let come out please/may leave
*ʿad ʾăšer*: until/while/as long as
*ʾēdaʿ*: I know/learn/discover
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being

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Referenced Verses

Gen 47:11 : 11 And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
Exod 20:12 : 12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Judg 11:29 : 29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Ruth 1:1-4 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. 2 And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. 3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
Ruth 4:10 : 10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.
Ruth 4:17 : 17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
1 Sam 14:47 : 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Matt 15:4-6 : 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Phil 2:23-24 : 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.

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