Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lee R. Martin" <lmartin AT vol.com>]

Dear Professor,
Would you care to comment on my analysis of 2 Samuel 12:1-25?

1 wayyiqtol, narrative=So the LORD sent Nathan to David.
2 wayyiqtol, narrative=He came to him,
3 wayyiqtol, narrative=and said to him,
4 x-qatal,report="There were two men in a certain city,
5 nominal,description=the one rich and the other poor.
6 x-qatal,background=The rich man had very many flocks and herds;
7 'eyn,contrast=but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb,
8 x-qatal,background=which he had bought.
9 wayyiqtol, continuation=And he brought it up,
10 wayyiqtol, continuation=and it grew up with him and with his
children;
11 x-yiqtol,habitual=it used to eat of his morsel,
12 x-yiqtol,habitual=and drink from his cup,
13 x-yiqtol,habitual=and lie in his bosom,
14 wayyiqtol, continuation=and it was like a daughter to him.
15 wayyiqtol, narrative=Now there came a traveler to the rich man,
16 wayyiqtol, narrative=and he was unwilling to take one of his own
flock or herd
17 infinitive,purpose=to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him,
18 wayyiqtol, narrative=So he took the poor man's lamb,
19 wayyiqtol, narrative=and prepared it for the man coming to him."
20 wayyiqtol, narrative=Then David's anger was greatly kindled against
the man;
21 wayyiqtol, narrative=and he said to Nathan,
22 nominal,oath="As the LORD lives,
23 nominal,description=the man doing this is a dead man; (cf. 1Sa 20:31)

24 x-yiqtol,future=and he shall restore the lamb fourfold,
25 x-qatal,reason=because he did this thing,
26 x-qatal,reason=and because he had no pity."
27 wayyiqtol, narrative=Nathan said to David,
28 nominal,identification="You are the man.
29 x-qatal,present=Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,
30 x-qatal,report=`I anointed you king over Israel,
31 x-qatal,report=and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
32 wayyiqtol, continuation=and I gave you your master's house, . . .
33 wayyiqtol, continuation=and I gave you the house of Israel and of
Judah;
34 nominal,condition=and if this were too little,
35 weyiqtolcohortative=I will add to you as much more.
36 x-qatal,question=Why have you despised the word of the LORD…
37 x-qatal,past=You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword,
38 x-qatal,past=and have taken his wife to be your wife,
39 x-qatal,past=and have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
40 x-yiqtol,future=Now the sword shall never depart from your house,
41 x-qatal,past=because you have despised me,
42 wayyiqtol, continuation=and have taken the wife of Uriah …
43 x-qatal,present=Thus says the LORD,
44 participle,present=`Behold, I am raising up evil against you …
45 weqatal,future=and I will take your wives before your eyes,
46 weqatal,future=and give them to your neighbor,
47 weqatal,future=and he shall lie with your wives …
48 x-qatal,reason=For you did it secretly;
49 x-yiqtol,contrast=but I will do this thing before all Israel . . .
50 wayyiqtol, narrative=David said to Nathan,
51 qatalreport="I have sinned against the LORD."
52 wayyiqtol, narrative=And Nathan said to David,
53 x-qatal,report="The LORD also has put away your sin.
54 x-yiqtol,comment=You shall not die.
55 x-qatal,past=Nevertheless, because …you scorned …
56 x-yiqtol,future=the child that is born to you shall die."
57 wayyiqtol, narrative=Then Nathan went to his house.
58 wayyiqtol, narrative=And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife
bore to David,
59 wayyiqtol, narrative=and it became sick.
60 wayyiqtol, narrative=David therefore besought God for the child;
61 wayyiqtol, narrative=and David fasted,
62 weqatal,habitual=and he would go in
63 weqatal,habitual=and spend the night
64 weqatal,habitual=and lay upon the ground.
65 wayyiqtol,narrative=And the elders of his house stood beside him,
66 infinitive,purpose=to raise him up from the ground
67 x-qatal,past=but he relented not,
68 x-qatal,past=nor did he eat food with them.
69 wayyiqtol,new parag.=And it was
70 prepositionprotasis=On the seventh day
71 wayyiqtol,apodosis=the child died.
72 wayyiqtol,narrative=And the servants of David feared to tell him
73 x-qatal,subord.cl.=that the child was dead;
74 x-qatal,reason=for they said,
75 infinitive,protasis= "Behold, while the child was yet alive,
76 qatalapodosis=we spoke to him,
77 x-qatal,report=and he did not listen to us;
78 x-yiqtol,future=how then can we say to him
79 qatalpast=The child has died?
80 weqatal,future=He may do himself some harm."
81 wayyiqtol,narrative=So David saw that his servants were whispering
together,
82 wayyiqtol,narrative=And David perceived that the child was dead;
83 wayyiqtol,narrative=Then David said to his servants,
84 x-qatal,past="Has the child died?"
85 wayyiqtol,narrative=They said,
86 qatalreport="He has died."
87 wayyiqtol,narrative=Then David arose from the earth,
88 wayyiqtol,narrative=and washed,
89 wayyiqtol,narrative=and anointed himself,
90 wayyiqtol,narrative=and changed his clothes;
91 wayyiqtol,narrative=and he went into the house of the LORD,
92 wayyiqtol,narrative=and worshiped;
93 wayyiqtol,narrative=he then went to his own house;
94 wayyiqtol,narrative=and when he asked,
95 wayyiqtol,narrative=they set food before him,
96 wayyiqtol,narrative=and he ate.
97 wayyiqtol,narrative=Then his servants said to him,
98 nominal,present="What is this thing
99 x-qatal,relative cl=.that you have done?
100 x-qatal,report=You fasted for the child while it was alive;
101 wayyiqtol,continuation=and you wept
102 x-qatal,protasis=but when the child died,
103 qatal,apodosis=you arose
104 wayyiqtol, continuation=and you ate food."
105 wayyiqtol,narrative=He said,
106 nominal,protasis="While the child was still alive,
107 qatal,apodosis=I fasted
108 wayyiqtol, continuation=and I wept;
109 x-qatal,reason=for I said,
110 participle,present=`Who knows
111 yiqtol,future=whether the LORD will be gracious to me,
112 weqatal,future=that the child may live?'
113 x-qatal,report=But now he is dead;
114 participle,present=why am I fasting?
115 x-yiqtol,present=Am I able to bring him back again?
116 participle,concurrent=I am going to him,
117 x-yiqtol,future=but he will not return to me."
118 wayyiqtol,narrative=Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba,
119 wayyiqtol,narrative=and went in to her,
120 wayyiqtol,narrative=and lay with her;
121 wayyiqtol,narrative=and she bore a son,
122 wayyiqtol,narrative=and he called his name Solomon.
123 x-qatal,background=And the LORD loved him,
124 wayyiqtol,narrative=and sent a message by Nathan the prophet;
125 wayyiqtol,narrative=and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the
LORD.



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Lee R. Martin
Pastor, Prospect Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee
Instructor in Hebrew and Old Testament
Church of God Theological Seminary
http://earth.vol.com/~lmartin/