2 Samuel 19:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אַל־יַחֲשָׁב־לִ֣י אֲדֹנִי֮ עָוֺן֒ וְאַל־תִּזְכֹּ֗ר אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֶעֱוָ֣ה עַבְדְּךָ֔ בַּיּ֕וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יָׄצָ֥ׄאׄ אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מִירֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם לָשׂ֥וּם הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ

Transliteration

wayyōʾmer ʾel-hammelek ʾal-yaḥăšāb-lî ʾădōnî ʿāwōn wəʾal-tizkōr ʾēt ʾăšer heʿĕwāh ʿabdəkā bayyôm ʾăšer-yāṣāʾ ʾădōnî-hammelek mîrûšālāim lāśûm hammelek ʾel-libbô

Grammar Details

*wayyōʾmer*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*ʾel*-*hammelek*: preposition + definite article + noun - to the king
*ʾal*-*yaḥăšāb*-*lî*: negative particle + verb, qal imperfect jussive, 3rd person masculine singular + preposition with 1st person suffix - let not be imputed to me
*ʾădōnî*: noun with 1st person suffix - my lord
*ʿāwōn*: noun - iniquity
*wəʾal*-*tizkōr*: conjunction + negative particle + verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular jussive - and do not remember
*ʾēt* *ʾăšer*: direct object marker + relative particle - that which
*heʿĕwāh*: verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - did perversely
*ʿabdəkā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your servant
*bayyôm*: preposition + definite article + noun - on the day
*ʾăšer*-*yāṣāʾ*: relative particle + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - when went out
*ʾădōnî*-*hammelek*: noun with 1st person suffix + definite article + noun - my lord the king
*mîrûšālāim*: preposition + proper noun - from Jerusalem
*lāśûm*: preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to take to heart/to set
*hammelek*: definite article + noun - the king
*ʾel*-*libbô*: preposition + noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to his heart

Word Meanings

*ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment
*heʿĕwāh*: did perversely/committed wrong/acted wrongfully
*lāśûm* *ʾel*-*libbô*: to take to heart/to hold against/to bear a grudge

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Referenced Verses

Gen 48:14 : 14 And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
Gen 48:20 : 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
2 Sam 16:5 : 5 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.
2 Sam 19:9 : 9 And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kgs 12:25 : 25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
Ps 78:34-37 : 34 When he slew{H8804)} them, then they sought{H8804)} him: and they returned{H8804)} and enquired early{H8765)} after God. 35 And they remembered{H8799)} that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer{H8802)}. 36 Nevertheless they did flatter{H8762)} him with their mouth, and they lied{H8762)} unto him with their tongues. 37 For their heart was not right{H8737)} with him, neither were they stedfast{H8738)} in his covenant.
Jer 22:23 : 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Hos 4:15-17 : 15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
Hos 5:3 : 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
Hos 5:15 : 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

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