“And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.”
1 Samuel 20:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:328 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֨עwayišābaʿ
and he swore an oathconjH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
ע֜וֹדʿwōd
againadvH5750
all life long · at all · besides · but ···
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יָדֹ֨עַyādōʿa
certainlyverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
יָדַ֜עyādaʿ
he knowsverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
אָבִ֗י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מָצָ֤אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
I have foundverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
חֵן֙ḥēn
favornounH2580
grace · pleasant · precious · favoured
בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָbəʿēyneykā
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he has saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יֵֽדַעyēdaʿ
he knowverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
זֹ֥אתzōʾt
thisprepH2063
-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyəhwōnātān
JonathannounH3083
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יֵֽעָצֵ֑בyēʿāṣēb
he should be grievedverbH6087
grieve · hurt · make · be sorry ···
וְ/אוּלָ֗םwəʾwlām
and butconjH199
but · howbeit · in very deed · surely ···
חַיḥay
by the lifeadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
of YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/חֵ֣יwəḥēy
and by the life ofconjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
נַפְשֶׁ֔/ךָnapəšekā
self yournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כְ/פֶ֔שַׂעkəpeśaʿ
about a steppronH6587
בֵּינִ֖/יbēyniy
between mepronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
וּ/בֵ֥יןwbēyn
and betweenconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
הַ/מָּֽוֶתhamāwet
deathparticleH4194
death · die
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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