KJV: And when David inquired 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.
YLT: and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, 'Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,
Darby: And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.
ASV: And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל | Therefore inquired |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁאַל Sense: to ask, enquire, borrow, beg. |
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דָּוִד֙ | David |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel. |
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בַּֽיהוָ֔ה | of Yahweh |
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God. |
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וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | and He said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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תַעֲלֶ֑ה | You shall go up |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb. |
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הָסֵב֙ | circle around |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular Root: סָבַב Sense: to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or arou nd, surround, encircle, change direction. |
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אֶל־ | unto |
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion). |
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אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם | behind them |
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time). |
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וּבָ֥אתָ | and come |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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לָהֶ֖ם | upon them |
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural |
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מִמּ֥וּל | in front |
Parse: Preposition-m Root: לְמֹואל Sense: front. |
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בְּכָאִֽים | of the balsam trees |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: בָּכָא Sense: balsam tree—a shrub which drips sap when it is cut. |