2 Samuel 12:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בְּעוֹד֙ הַיֶּ֣לֶד חַ֔י צַ֖מְתִּי וָֽאֶבְכֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ מִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ וְחַנַּ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה וְחַ֥י הַיָּֽלֶד׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmer, while bəʿôd the yeled ḥay, ṣamtî and wā-ʾebkeh because kî ʾāmartî, who mî yôdēaʿ and wə-ḥannanî YHWH and will live wə-ḥay the yāled.

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*bəʿôd*: preposition + adverb - while yet/still
*yeled*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the child
*ḥay*: adjective, masculine singular - living/alive
*ṣamtî*: Qal perfect 1st common singular - I fasted
*wā-ʾebkeh*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 1st common singular - and I wept
*kî ʾāmartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st common singular - because I said
*mî yôdēaʿ*: interrogative pronoun + Qal participle masculine singular - who knows
*wə-ḥannanî*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 1st common singular suffix - and he will be gracious to me
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*wə-ḥay*: waw consecutive + Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and will live
*yāled*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the child

Word Meanings

*bəʿôd*: while/yet/still
*wə-ḥannanî*: be gracious to me/show favor to me/have mercy on me
*wə-ḥay*: and will live/and may live/and let live

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Referenced Verses

Isa 38:1-3 : 1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Isa 38:5 : 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Joel 1:14 : 14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
Joel 2:14 : 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?
Amos 5:15 : 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
Jonah 3:9-9 : 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jas 4:9-9 : 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

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