2 Samuel 20:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים ׀ פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר הַבַּ֜יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃

Transliteration

And bôʾ dāwid to-bayit-his yᵉrûšālayim, and lāqaḥ the-meleḵ ʾēt ten-nāšîm pîlagšîm which hinnîaḥ to šāmar the-bayit and nātan-them bêt-mišmeret and kilkēl-them, and to-them not-bôʾ; and hāyâ-they ṣᵉrûrôt until-yôm mûtān ʾalmᵉnût ḥayyût.

Grammar Details

*bôʾ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he came/went in
*dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*bayit*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the house
*yᵉrûšālayim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
*lāqaḥ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - and he took
*meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*nāšîm*: noun, feminine plural - women
*pîlagšîm*: noun, feminine plural - concubines
*hinnîaḥ*: hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had left
*šāmar*: qal infinitive construct - to keep/guard
*nātan*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he put them
*bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*mišmeret*: noun, feminine singular - ward/custody/guard
*kilkēl*: pilpel imperfect consecutive, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he provided for them
*hāyâ*: qal imperfect consecutive, 3rd feminine plural - and they were
*ṣᵉrûrôt*: qal passive participle, feminine plural - confined/bound
*yôm*: noun, masculine singular construct - day of
*mûtān*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd feminine plural suffix - their death
*ʾalmᵉnût*: noun, feminine singular construct - widowhood of
*ḥayyût*: noun, feminine plural - living

Word Meanings

*bôʾ*: came/entered/arrived
*lāqaḥ*: took/received/fetched
*pîlagšîm*: concubines/secondary wives
*hinnîaḥ*: left/placed/set
*šāmar*: keep/guard/watch
*mišmeret*: ward/custody/guard/watch
*kilkēl*: provided for/sustained/maintained
*ṣᵉrûrôt*: confined/bound/shut up
*ʾalmᵉnût*: widowhood/state of being widowed
*ḥayyût*: living/alive/in life

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 15:16 : 16 And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house.
2 Sam 16:21-22 : 21 And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. 22 So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Gen 40:3 : 3 And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.

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