2 Samuel 24:25

וַיִּבֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤ד מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַל עֹלֹ֖ות וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר יְהוָה֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

And Dawid built there an altar to YHWH, and he offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings. And YHWH was entreated for the land, and the plague was restrained from upon Yisraʾel.

Morphology

1. וַיִּבֶן (vayyiven) – Root: בנה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd masculine singular; Translation: “And he built”; Notes: Narrative verb introducing Dawid’s action.
2. שָׁם (sham) – Root: —; Form: Adverb; Translation: “there”; Notes: Refers to the threshing floor of Aravnah.
3. דָּוִד (Dawid) – Root: —; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Dawid”; Notes: Subject of the clause.
4. מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbeaḥ) – Root: זבח; Form: Noun masculine singular; Translation: “altar”; Notes: Used for offering sacrifices to YHWH.
5. לַיהוָה (la-YHWH) – Root: —; Form: Preposition + proper noun (Tetragrammaton); Translation: “to YHWH”; Notes: Dedicates the altar to the God of Yisra’el.
6. וַיַּעַל (vayyaʿal) – Root: עלה; Form: Hifil wayyiqtol 3rd masculine singular; Translation: “and he offered up”; Notes: Causative form, used for sacrificial context.
7. עֹלֹות (ʿolot) – Root: עלה; Form: Noun feminine plural; Translation: “burnt offerings”; Notes: Entirely consumed offerings.
8. וּשְׁלָמִים (u-shelamim) – Root: שלם; Form: Noun masculine plural with conjunction; Translation: “and peace offerings”; Notes: Offerings for well-being or thanksgiving.
9. וַיֵּעָתֵר (vayyeʿater) – Root: עתר; Form: Nifal wayyiqtol 3rd masculine singular; Translation: “and was entreated”; Notes: Passive-reflexive stem, indicating YHWH responded to prayer.
10. יְהוָה (YHWH) – Root: —; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “YHWH”; Notes: Divine name of the God of Yisra’el.
11. לָאָרֶץ (la-aretz) – Root: ארץ; Form: Preposition + noun feminine singular; Translation: “for the land”; Notes: Refers to the whole land of Yisra’el.
12. וַתֵּעָצַר (vatteʿatsar) – Root: עצר; Form: Nifal wayyiqtol 3rd feminine singular; Translation: “and was restrained”; Notes: Passive action of stopping the plague.
13. הַמַּגֵּפָה (ham-magefah) – Root: נגף; Form: Noun feminine singular with definite article; Translation: “the plague”; Notes: Refers to the punishment on Yisra’el.
14. מֵעַל (meʿal) – Root: על; Form: Preposition; Translation: “from upon”; Notes: Used with movement or removal.
15. יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisraʾel) – Root: —; Form: Proper noun; Translation: “Yisraʾel”; Notes: The people of the covenant.