1 Samuel 30:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף דָּוִ֔ד ה֖וּא וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ מָאתַ֣יִם אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּגְּר֔וּ מֵעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־נַ֥חַל הַבְּשֽׂוֹר

Transliteration

And wayyirdōp̄ dāwiḏ, hûʾ and four-wəʾarbaʿ-hundred ʾîš; and wayyaʿamḏû two hundred māʾṯayim ʾîš who ʾăšer piggərû from crossing mēʿăḇōr ʾeṯ-naḥal the habbeśôr

Grammar Details

*wayyirdōp̄*: consecutive imperfect qal, 3rd masculine singular - and he pursued
*dāwiḏ*: proper noun - David
*hûʾ*: independent personal pronoun, 3rd masculine singular - he
*wəʾarbaʿ*: conjunction + cardinal number - and four
*ʾîš*: noun masculine singular - men
*wayyaʿamḏû*: consecutive imperfect qal, 3rd common plural - and they stayed/stood
*māʾṯayim*: cardinal number - two hundred
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - who/that/which
*piggərû*: piel perfect, 3rd common plural - they were exhausted/lagged behind
*mēʿăḇōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - from crossing
*ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
*naḥal*: noun masculine singular construct - wadi/brook of
*habbeśôr*: definite article + proper noun - the Besor

Word Meanings

*wayyirdōp̄*: pursued/chased/followed after
*wayyaʿamḏû*: stayed/remained/stopped
*piggərû*: were exhausted/lagged behind/were too weary
*mēʿăḇōr*: from crossing/from going over

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 30:21 : 21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
Judg 8:4-5 : 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
1 Sam 14:20 : 20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
1 Sam 14:31 : 31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Sam 30:9 : 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.

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