2 Samuel 17:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבַּ֗יְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyābōʾû ʿabədê ʾAbšālōm to-the-ʾiššâ the-house and-wayyōʾmərû where ʾĂḥîmaʿaṣ and-wîhônātān and-wattōʾmer to-them the-ʾiššâ they-crossed mîkal the-water and-waybaqqəšû and-not māṣāʾû and-wayyāšubû Yərûšālāim

Grammar Details

• *wayyābōʾû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they came
• *ʿabədê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
• *ʾAbšālōm*: proper noun, masculine - Absalom
• *ʾiššâ*: noun, feminine singular - woman
• *wayyōʾmərû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they said
• *ʾĂḥîmaʿaṣ*: proper noun, masculine - Ahimaaz
• *wîhônātān*: proper noun, masculine - Jonathan
• *wattōʾmer*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said
• *māṣāʾû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they found
• *waybaqqəšû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they sought
• *wayyāšubû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd plural - and they returned
• *Yərûšālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

• *mîkal*: channel/stream of/conduit of

Referenced Verses

• Exod 1:19 : 19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
• Josh 2:3-5 : 3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. 4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: 5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
• Josh 2:22-23 : 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. 23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
• 1 Sam 19:12-17 : 12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
• 1 Sam 21:2 : 2 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
• 1 Sam 27:11-12 : 11 And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. 12 And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.
• 2 Sam 15:34 : 34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.