אִם־כֹּ֤ה יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ דֹּ֕מּוּ עַד־הַגִּיעֵ֖נוּ אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעָמַ֣דְנוּ תַחְתֵּ֔ינוּ וְלֹ֥א נַעֲלֶ֖ה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
If they say thus to us, ‘Stand still until we come to you,’ then we will stand in our place and will not go up to them.
Morphology
- אִם־ (im) – Root: אם (im); Form: Conditional particle; Translation: “If”; Notes: Introduces a conditional clause.
- כֹּ֤ה (koh) – Root: כה (koh); Form: Adverb; Translation: “thus”; Notes: Introduces direct speech.
- יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ (yoʾmeru) – Root: אמר (ʾamar); Form: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural; Translation: “they say”; Notes: Refers to the Pelishtim.
- אֵלֵ֔ינוּ (eleinu) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “to us”; Notes: Indicates direction.
- דֹּ֕מּוּ (domu) – Root: דמם (damam); Form: Qal imperative masculine plural; Translation: “Stand still”; Notes: A command to remain motionless.
- עַד־ (ʿad) – Root: עד (ʿad); Form: Preposition; Translation: “until”; Notes: Indicates a time limit.
- הַגִּיעֵ֖נוּ (haggiʿenu) – Root: נגע (nagaʿ); Form: Hifil infinitive construct with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “we come”; Notes: Expresses movement.
- אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם (aleikhem) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition with 2nd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “to you”; Notes: Refers to Yehonatan and his armor-bearer.
- וְעָמַ֣דְנוּ (ve-ʿamadnu) – Root: עמד (ʿamad); Form: Qal perfect 1st person plural; Translation: “then we will stand”; Notes: Expresses a decision.
- תַחְתֵּ֔ינוּ (taḥtenu) – Root: תחת (taḥat); Form: Noun, masculine singular absolute with 1st person plural suffix; Translation: “in our place”; Notes: Indicates position.
- וְלֹ֥א (ve-lo) – Root: לא (lo); Form: Negative particle; Translation: “and not”; Notes: Negates the verb.
- נַעֲלֶ֖ה (naʿaleh) – Root: עלה (ʿalah); Form: Qal imperfect 1st person plural; Translation: “we will go up”; Notes: Refers to movement.
- אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (aleihem) – Root: אל (ʾel); Form: Preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix; Translation: “to them”; Notes: Refers to the Pelishtim.