2 Samuel 5:23

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל דָּוִד֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֣א תַעֲלֶ֑ה הָסֵב֙ אֶל־אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם וּבָ֥אתָ לָהֶ֖ם מִמּ֥וּל בְּכָאִֽים׃

Transliteration

wə-yišʾal dāwid in-YHWH wə-yōʾmer not taʿăleh hāsēḇ to-behind-them and-ḇāʾtā to-them from-opposite bəḵāʾîm

Grammar Details

*wə-yišʾal*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he inquired
*dāwid*: proper noun - David
*YHWH*: proper noun with preposition - in/of YHWH
*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*taʿăleh*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall go up
*hāsēḇ*: Hiphil imperative masculine singular - go around
*ʾaḥărêhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - behind them
*ḇāʾtā*: Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you shall come
*lāhem*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them
*mimmûl*: preposition - opposite from
*bəḵāʾîm*: proper noun - Baca trees/mulberry trees

Word Meanings

*hāsēḇ*: circle around/go around/make a detour
*bəḵāʾîm*: balsam trees/mulberry trees/baca trees

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Referenced Verses

Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Josh 8:7 : 7 Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
1 Chr 14:14 : 14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
Matt 8:23-25 : 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
Matt 9:29-30 : 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
John 9:6-7 : 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam ,(which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

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