2 Samuel 5:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם אֶל־הַיְבֻסִ֖י יוֹשֵׁ֣ב הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לְדָוִ֤ד לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־תָב֣וֹא הֵ֔נָּה כִּ֣י אִם־הֱסִֽירְךָ֗ הַעִוְרִ֤ים וְהַפִּסְחִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־יָב֥וֹא דָוִ֖ד הֵֽנָּה׃

Transliteration

wə-yēlek the-meleḵ and-ʾănāšāyw yərûšālaim to-the-yəḇûsî yôšēḇ the-ʾāreṣ wə-yōʾmer to-dāwid to say, not-tāḇôʾ here kî ʾim-hĕsîrəḵā the-ʿiwrîm and-the-pisḥîm to say, not-yāḇôʾ dāwid here

Grammar Details

• *wə-yēlek*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went
• *meleḵ*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the king
• *ʾănāšāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his men
• *yərûšālaim*: proper noun - Jerusalem
• *yəḇûsî*: gentilic noun with definite article - the Jebusite
• *yôšēḇ*: Qal participle masculine singular construct - inhabitant of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the land
• *wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *tāḇôʾ*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will come
• *kî ʾim-hĕsîrəḵā*: conjunction + conditional + Hiphil infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - except if they remove you
• *ʿiwrîm*: adjective masculine plural with definite article - the blind
• *pisḥîm*: adjective masculine plural with definite article - the lame
• *yāḇôʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will come

Word Meanings

• *yəḇûsî*: Jebusite/inhabitant of Jebus
• *hĕsîrəḵā*: remove you/drive you away/repel you
• *ʿiwrîm* and *pisḥîm*: possibly a derogatory reference to the Jebusite defenders or their gods, or literal description of disabled defenders positioned on the walls

Referenced Verses

• Judg 1:8 : 8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
• Judg 1:21 : 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
• Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
• Josh 18:28 : 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
• Gen 14:18 : 18 And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
• Josh 10:3 : 3 Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
• Judg 19:10-12 : 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
• 1 Chr 11:4-9 : 4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
• Jer 37:10 : 10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
• Heb 7:1 : 1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;