1 Samuel 22:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ גָּ֨ד הַנָּבִ֜יא אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד לֹ֤א תֵשֵׁב֙ בַּמְּצוּדָ֔ה לֵ֥ךְ וּבָֽאתָ־לְּךָ֖ אֶ֣רֶץ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֔ד וַיָּבֹ֖א יַ֥עַר חָֽרֶת

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer Gād han-nābîʾ ʾel-Dāwid lōʾ tēšēb bam-məṣûdâ lēk û-bāʾtā-ləkā ʾereṣ Yəhûdâ wə-yēlek Dāwid wə-yābōʾ yaʿar Ḥāret

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*Gād*: proper noun - Gad
*han-nābîʾ*: definite article + noun ms - the prophet
*ʾel*: preposition - to
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*tēšēb*: Qal imperfect 2ms - you shall dwell
*bam-məṣûdâ*: preposition + definite article + noun fs - in the stronghold
*lēk*: Qal imperative ms - go
*û-bāʾtā*: waw conjunction + Qal perfect 2ms - and come
*ləkā*: preposition + 2ms suffix - to/for yourself
*ʾereṣ*: noun fs construct - land of
*Yəhûdâ*: proper noun - Judah
*wə-yēlek*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he went
*wə-yābōʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he came
*yaʿar*: noun ms construct - forest of
*Ḥāret*: proper noun - Hereth

Word Meanings

*nābîʾ*: prophet/seer
*tēšēb*: dwell/stay/remain
*məṣûdâ*: stronghold/fortress
*lēk û-bāʾtā-ləkā*: go and enter for yourself/depart and go into
*yaʿar*: forest/thicket/wooded area

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Referenced Verses

1 Chr 21:9 : 9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
1 Chr 29:29 : 29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
2 Chr 29:25 : 25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
2 Sam 24:11 : 11 For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

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18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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18And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
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