2 Samuel 15:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם֙ כֹּ֣ה יֹאמַ֔ר לֹ֥א חָפַ֖צְתִּי בָּ֑ךְ הִנְנִ֕י יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר טֽ‪[m]‬וֹב בְּעֵינָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wə-ʾim kōh yōʾmar lōʾ ḥāp̄aṣtî bāḵ hinənî yaʿăśê-lî ka-ʾăšer ṭôḇ bə-ʿênāyw

Grammar Details

*wə-ʾim*: conjunction + conditional particle - and if
*kōh*: adverb - thus/so
*yōʾmar*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he says
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*ḥāp̄aṣtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I delight
*bāḵ*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - in you
*hinənî*: demonstrative particle with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
*yaʿăśê*: qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular - let him do
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
*ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative particle - according to what
*ṭôḇ*: masculine singular adjective - good
*bə-ʿênāyw*: preposition + feminine dual noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his eyes

Word Meanings

*kōh*: thus/so/in this manner
*ḥāp̄aṣtî*: I delight/desire/have pleasure in
*hinənî*: here I am/behold me (expression of submission)
*yaʿăśê-lî*: may he do to me/let him do to me
*ṭôḇ bə-ʿênāyw*: good in his eyes (idiom for 'pleasing to him')

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
2 Sam 22:20 : 20 He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
1 Kgs 10:9 : 9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
2 Chr 9:8 : 8 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
Isa 62:4 : 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Num 14:8 : 8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Judg 10:15 : 15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day.
Jer 22:28 : 28 Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Matt 1:10 : 10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
Job 1:20-21 : 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened{H8799)} not my mouth; because thou didst{H8804)} it.
Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.

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