2 Samuel 20:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַעֲמָשָׂ֛א מִתְגֹּלֵ֥ל בַּדָּ֖ם בְּת֣וֹךְ הַֽמְסִּלָּ֑ה וַיַּ֨רְא הָאִ֜ישׁ כִּֽי־עָמַ֣ד כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיַּסֵּב֩ אֶת־עֲמָשָׂ֨א מִן־הַֽמְסִלָּ֤ה הַשָּׂדֶה֙ וַיַּשְׁלֵ֤ךְ עָלָיו֙ בֶּ֔גֶד כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר רָאָ֔ה כָּל־הַבָּ֥א עָלָ֖יו וְעָמָֽד׃

Transliteration

And ʿămāśāʾ mitgôlēl in the-dām in tāweḵ the-mᵉsillâ; and rāʾâ the-ʾîš that-ʿāmad all-the-ʿām, and sāvav ʾet-ʿămāśāʾ from-the-mᵉsillâ the-śādeh and šālaḵ upon-him beged, when rāʾâ all-the-bôʾ upon-him and ʿāmad.

Grammar Details

*ʿămāśāʾ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Amasa
*mitgôlēl*: hithpael participle, masculine singular - wallowing
*dām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the blood
*tāweḵ*: noun, masculine singular construct - middle of
*mᵉsillâ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the highway
*rāʾâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he saw
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the man
*ʿāmad*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - stood
*ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*sāvav*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he removed
*śādeh*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the field
*šālaḵ*: hiphil imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he threw
*beged*: noun, masculine singular - garment
*bôʾ*: qal active participle, masculine singular - the one coming

Word Meanings

*mitgôlēl*: wallowing/rolling about/writhing
*dām*: blood/bloodshed
*tāweḵ*: middle/midst/among
*mᵉsillâ*: highway/road/pathway
*rāʾâ*: saw/noticed/observed
*ʿāmad*: stood/halted/stayed
*sāvav*: removed/turned aside/carried away
*śādeh*: field/country/open land
*šālaḵ*: threw/cast/flung
*beged*: garment/clothing/covering
*bôʾ*: coming/arriving/approaching

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 17:25 : 25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Prov 24:21-22 : 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

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31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
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