2 Samuel 19:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְמַהֵ֗ר שִׁמְעִ֤י בֶן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבַּֽחוּרִ֑ים וַיֵּ֙רֶד֙ עִם־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִֽד

Transliteration

waymaēr šimʿî ben-gērāʾ ben-hayminî ʾăšer mibbaḥûrîm wayyēred ʿim-ʾîš yəhûdāh liqraʾt hammelek dāwid

Grammar Details

*waymaēr*: conjunction + verb, piel imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he hastened
*šimʿî*: proper noun - Shimei
*ben*-*gērāʾ*: noun construct + proper noun - son of Gera
*ben*-*hayminî*: noun construct + definite article + gentilic noun - son of the Benjaminite
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - who
*mibbaḥûrîm*: preposition + proper noun - from Bahurim
*wayyēred*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went down
*ʿim*-*ʾîš*: preposition + noun - with the men of
*yəhûdāh*: proper noun - Judah
*liqraʾt*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to meet
*hammelek*: definite article + noun - the king
*dāwid*: proper noun - David

Word Meanings

*waymaēr*: he hastened/he hurried
*hayminî*: Benjaminite/of the tribe of Benjamin
*liqraʾt*: to meet/to encounter/to go toward

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 9:2 : 2 And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.
2 Sam 16:1-4 : 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. 3 And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.
2 Sam 19:26-27 : 26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
2 Sam 9:10 : 10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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