2 Samuel 12:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּעַ֣ד הַנָּ֑עַר וַיָּ֤צָם דָּוִד֙ צ֔וֹם וּבָ֥א וְלָ֖ן וְשָׁכַ֥ב אָֽרְצָה׃

Transliteration

And wə-yəbaqqēš Dāwid ʾet-hāʾĕlōhîm for bəʿad the naʿar and wə-yāṣom Dāwid ṣôm and û-bāʾ and wə-lān and wə-šākab ʾārṣâ.

Grammar Details

*wə-yəbaqqēš*: waw consecutive + Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he sought
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*ʾet-hāʾĕlōhîm*: direct object marker + noun, masculine plural with definite article - God
*bəʿad*: preposition - for/on behalf of
*naʿar*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the boy/child/youth
*wə-yāṣom*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he fasted
*ṣôm*: noun, masculine singular - fast
*û-bāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he came
*wə-lān*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he spent the night
*wə-šākab*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and he lay
*ʾārṣâ*: noun, feminine singular + directional he - to the ground

Word Meanings

*bəʿad*: for/on behalf of/because of
*naʿar*: boy/child/youth
*ṣôm*: fast/fasting/abstention from food

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
Acts 9:9 : 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
2 Sam 12:22 : 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
Jonah 3:9 : 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Job 20:12-14 : 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
Ps 50:15 : 15 And call{H8798)} upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver{H8762)} thee, and thou shalt glorify{H8762)} me.
Ps 69:10 : 10 When I wept{H8799)}, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isa 26:16 : 16 LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
Joel 2:12-14 : 12 Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. 14 Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

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