1 Kings 5:20
{ "verseID": "1 Kings.5.20", "source": "וְעַתָּ֡ה צַוֵּה֩ וְיִכְרְתוּ־לִ֨י אֲרָזִ֜ים מִן־הַלְּבָנ֗וֹן וַֽעֲבָדַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ עִם־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּשְׂכַ֤ר עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לְךָ֔ כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמֵ֑ר כִּ֣י ׀ אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתָּ כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין בָּ֛נוּ אִ֛ישׁ יֹדֵ֥עַ לִכְרָת־עֵצִ֖ים כַּצִּדֹנִֽים׃", "text": "And-*ʿattāh* *ṣawwēh* and-*yikrətû*-to-me *ʾărāzîm* from-the-*Ləvānôn* and-*ʿăvāday* *yihyû* with-*ʿăvādêkā* and-*śəkar* *ʿăvādêkā* *ʾettēn* to-you according-to-all which *tōʾmēr* for you *yādaʿtā* that *ʾên* among-us *ʾîš* *yōdēaʿ* to-*likrōt*-*ʿēṣîm* like-the-*Ṣîdōnîm*", "grammar": { "*ʿattāh*": "adverb - now", "*ṣawwēh*": "verb, Piel imperative masculine singular - command", "*yikrətû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd plural with prefix - let them cut", "*ʾărāzîm*": "noun, masculine plural - cedars", "*Ləvānôn*": "proper noun with article - Lebanon", "*ʿăvāday*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st singular suffix - my servants", "*yihyû*": "verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they will be", "*ʿăvādêkā*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servants", "*śəkar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - wages of", "*ʾettēn*": "verb, Qal imperfect 1st singular - I will give", "*tōʾmēr*": "verb, Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will say", "*yādaʿtā*": "verb, Qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have known", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*yōdēaʿ*": "participle, Qal masculine singular - knowing", "*likrōt*": "verb, Qal infinitive construct - to cut", "*ʿēṣîm*": "noun, masculine plural - trees/timber", "*Ṣîdōnîm*": "proper noun, masculine plural with prefix - Sidonians" }, "variants": { "*ṣawwēh*": "command/order/instruct", "*yikrətû*": "let them cut/they should cut", "*ʾărāzîm*": "cedars/cedar trees/cedar timber", "*śəkar*": "wages/payment/hire", "*yōdēaʿ*": "knowing/skilled in/expert at", "*likrōt*": "to cut/to fell/to harvest" } }