2 Kings 6:27

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַל־יוֹשִׁעֵ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה מֵאַ֖יִן אֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ךְ הֲמִן־הַגֹּ֖רֶן א֥וֹ מִן־הַיָּֽקֶב׃

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer ʾal-yôšiʿēk YHWH mē-ʾayin ʾôšîʿēk hă-min-ha-gōren ʾô min-ha-yāqeb

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3ms - and he said
*ʾal-yôšiʿēk*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 3ms jussive + 2fs suffix - let not save you
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*mē-ʾayin*: preposition + interrogative - from where
*ʾôšîʿēk*: Hiphil imperfect 1cs + 2fs suffix - shall I save you
*hă-min-ha-gōren*: interrogative + preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - from the threshing floor
*ʾô*: conjunction - or
*min-ha-yāqeb*: preposition + article + noun, masculine singular - from the wine press

Word Meanings

*ʾal-yôšiʿēk*: let not save you/may he not save you (negative wish)
*mē-ʾayin*: from where/from what source
*gōren*: threshing floor/granary
*yāqeb*: wine press/wine vat

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Referenced Verses

Ps 60:11 : 11 Give{H8798)} us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Ps 62:8 : 8 Trust{H8798)} in him at all times; ye people, pour out{H8798)} your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes.
Ps 124:1-3 : 1 A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; 2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: 3 Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Ps 146:3 : 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Isa 2:2 : 2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Jer 17:5 : 5 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

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