2 Samuel 11:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י ׀ לְעֵ֣ת הָעֶ֗רֶב וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד מֵעַ֤ל מִשְׁכָּבוֹ֙ וַיִּתְהַלֵּךְ֙ עַל־גַּ֣ג בֵּית־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּ֥רְא אִשָּׁ֛ה רֹחֶ֖צֶת מֵעַ֣ל הַגָּ֑ג וְהָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה טוֹבַ֥ת מַרְאֶ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-yhiy at ʿēt ha-ʿereb and wa-yāqom Dāwid from upon mishkābô and wa-yithalēch upon gag bêyt-ha-melech and wa-yarʾ ʾishâ rocheset from upon ha-gāg and ha-ʾishâ tôbat marʾeh məʾōd

Grammar Details

*wə-yhiy*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened/came to pass
*ʿēt ha-ʿereb*: construct state - at the time of evening
*wa-yāqom*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he arose
*mishkābô*: noun masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his bed
*wa-yithalēch*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular hitpael - and he walked about/paced
*gag bêyt-ha-melech*: construct chain - roof of the king's house
*wa-yarʾ*: consecutive imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
*ʾishâ rocheset*: woman bathing/washing herself, participle feminine singular
*ha-gāg*: the roof
*tôbat marʾeh məʾōd*: good of appearance very - very beautiful in appearance

Word Meanings

*yithalēch*: walked about/paced/strolled
*rocheset*: bathing/washing/cleansing herself
*tôbat marʾeh*: beautiful in appearance/good-looking/attractive

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Referenced Verses

Deut 22:8 : 8 When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Acts 10:9 : 9 {G1161} On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Matt 26:40-41 : 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
1 Thess 5:6-7 : 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov 24:33-34 : 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Prov 31:30 : 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Jer 19:13 : 13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
1 Sam 9:25 : 25 And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
2 Sam 4:5 : 5 And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
2 Sam 4:7 : 7 For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Gen 34:2 : 2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
Gen 39:6 : 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.

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