Judges 13:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לּוֹ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וְהוּא־פֶ֛לִאי׃ ס

Transliteration

And wə- yōʾmer to lô malʾak YHWH, Why lāmmâ zeh tišʾal for lišmî, and wə-hûʾ pelʾî?

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he said
*lô*: preposition lamed + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*malʾak*: noun, masculine singular construct - messenger/angel of
*YHWH*: proper noun - personal name of God
*lāmmâ*: interrogative + preposition lamed + interrogative - why
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*tišʾal*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - do you ask
*lišmî*: preposition lamed + noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - for my name
*wə-hûʾ*: waw conjunction + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - and it
*pelʾî*: adjective, masculine singular - wonderful/extraordinary

Word Meanings

*lāmmâ zeh tišʾal*: why do you ask/why is it that you inquire
*pelʾî*: wonderful/extraordinary/secret/miraculous/incomprehensible

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Gen 32:29 : 29 And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Judg 13:6 : 6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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