1 Samuel 20:20
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And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.

Context
Jonathan and David Renew Their Covenant
19For thy seat will be empty till after to morrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou must he hid, on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel. 20And I will shoot three arrows near it, and will shoot as if I were exercising myself at a mark.21And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:19
For thy seat will be empty till after to morrow. So thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou must he hid, on the day when it is lawful to work, and thou shalt remain beside the stone, which is called Ezel.

1 Samuel 20:21
And I will send a boy, saying to him: Go and fetch me the arrows.

1 Samuel 20:36
And he said to his boy: Go, and fetch me the arrows which I shoot. And when the boy ran, he shot another arrow beyond the boy.

Lexicon
I
וַאֲנִ֕י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

will shoot
אוֹרֶ֑ה (’ō·w·reh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

three
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

arrows
הַחִצִּ֖ים (ha·ḥiṣ·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2678: An arrow

to the side of it,
צִדָּ֣ה (ṣid·dāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6654: A side, an adversary

as if I were aiming
לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־ (lə·šal·laḥ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

at a target.
לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ (lə·maṭ·ṭā·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4307: A guard, ward, prison, target, mark


Additional Translations
I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

And I will shoot three arrows, aiming them at a mark.

And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark.

I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.

'And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;
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