1 Samuel 26:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוָ֖ה יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־יוֹמ֤וֹ יָבוֹא֙ וָמֵ֔ת א֧וֹ בַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה יֵרֵ֖ד וְנִסְפָּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyōʾmer dāwiḏ: ḥay-YHWH, for ʾim-YHWH yiggāp̄ennû or his yômô yāḇôʾ and wāmēṯ, or in the milḥāmâ yērēḏ and wәnispâ.

Grammar Details

• *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

Word Meanings

• *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

Referenced Verses

• Gen 47:29 : 29 And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
• Deut 31:14 : 14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• 1 Sam 25:38 : 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
• 1 Sam 31:6 : 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together.
• Ps 37:13 : 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth{H8804)} that his day is coming{H8799)}.
• Rom 12:19 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
• 1 Sam 25:26 : 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• 1 Sam 24:15 : 15 The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand.
• Job 7:1 : 1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
• Job 14:5 : 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
• Job 14:14 : 14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
• Ps 37:10 : 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
• Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
• Rev 18:8 : 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
• Ps 94:1-2 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew{H8685)} thyself. 2 Lift up{H8734)} thyself, thou judge{H8802)} of the earth: render{H8685)} a reward to the proud.
• Ps 94:23 : 23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
• Eccl 3:2 : 2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
• Luke 18:7 : 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?