עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙

   a-SI-ti

   have I done
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙

   MEH a-SI-ti

   what have I done
3. clause🔊 וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ מֶ֣ה־עֲוֺנִ֔י וּמֶ֣ה־חַטָּאתִ֔י לִפְנֵ֖י אָבִ֑יךָ

   va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha

   and he came and he said before Jonathan what have I done what is my guilt and what is my sin before your father
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּבְרַ֣ח דָּוִ֔ד מנוה מִנָּי֖וֹת בָּרָמָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוֹנָתָ֗ן מֶ֤ה עָשִׂ֙יתִי֙ מֶ֣ה־עֲוֺנִ֔י וּמֶ֣ה־חַטָּאתִ֔י לִפְנֵ֖י אָבִ֑יךָ כִּֽי מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִֽׁי׃

   va-yiv-RAKH da-VID me-no-VEH min-NA-yot ba-ra-MA va-ya-VO va-yo-MER lif-NEI ye-ho-na-TAN MEH a-SI-ti ME-a-vo-NI u-ME-kha-TA-ti lif-NEI a-VI-kha KI me-vak-KESH et-naf-SHI

   and he fled David from Naioth in Ramah and he came and he said before Jonathan what have I done what is my guilt and what is my sin before your father that he is seeking my life

Exegesis

His address unfolds in three parallel interrogatives—maʿasiti {מָה־עָשִׂ֖יתִי | mā-ʿă-śî-tî} ‘what have I done?’, machatati {מָה־חַטָּאתִי֙ | mā-ḥaṭ-ṭā-ṭî} ‘what have I sinned?’, and ūmaʿavonekha {וּמָה־עֲוֺנְךָ֔ | ū-mā-ʿă-vō-nə-khā} ‘and what is your offense?’, moving from general action to moral culpability to a specific charge.