Verse 9

{ "verseID": "2 Samuel.1.9", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י עֲמָד־נָ֤א עָלַי֙ וּמֹ֣תְתֵ֔נִי כִּ֥י אֲחָזַ֖נִי הַשָּׁבָ֑ץ כִּֽי־כָל־ע֥וֹד נַפְשִׁ֖י בִּֽי׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* to me, '*ʿămād-nāʾ* over me and *môtətēnî*, for *ʾăḥāzanî* the *šābāṣ*, for all yet *napšî* in me.'", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʿămād-nāʾ*": "imperative, 2nd masculine singular with particle of entreaty - please stand", "*môtətēnî*": "polel imperative with 1st person singular suffix - kill me", "*ʾăḥāzanî*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - it has seized me", "*šābāṣ*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the death agony/convulsion", "*napšî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my life/soul" }, "variants": { "*ʿămād-nāʾ ʿālay*": "please stand over me/please come to me", "*môtətēnî*": "kill me/put me to death", "*ʾăḥāzanî haššābāṣ*": "cramps/convulsions/death agony has seized me", "*kî-kol-ʿôd napšî bî*": "for my life is still in me/for I am still alive" } }

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