1 Samuel 20:33
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And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.

Context
Saul Seeks to Kill Jonathan
32And Jonathan answering Saul, his father, said: Why shall he die? What hath he done? 33And Saul caught up a spear to strike him. And Jonathan understood that it was determined by his father to kill David.34So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:11
And threw it, thinking to nail David to the wall: and David stept aside out of his presence twice.

1 Samuel 19:10
And Saul endeavoured to nail David to the wall with his spear. And David slipt away out of the presence of Saul: and the spear missed him, and was fastened in the wall, and David fled, and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 20:7
If he shall say: It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.

1 Samuel 20:34
So Jonathan rose from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day after the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to confusion.

Lexicon
Then Saul
שָׁא֧וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

hurled
וַיָּ֨טֶל (way·yā·ṭel)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2904: To pitch over, reel, to cast down, out

his spear
הַחֲנִ֛ית (ha·ḥă·nîṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2595: A lance

at [Jonathan]
עָלָ֖יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

to kill him;
לְהַכֹּת֑וֹ (lə·hak·kō·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike

so Jonathan
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

knew
וַיֵּ֙דַע֙ (way·yê·ḏa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

his father
אָבִ֖יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

was determined
כָ֥לָה (ḵā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3617: Completion, complete destruction, consumption, annihilation

to kill
לְהָמִ֥ית (lə·hā·mîṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

David.
דָּוִֽד׃ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


Additional Translations
Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that is was determined of his father to put David to death.

And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.

Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death.

And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.

And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to slay David.

Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.

And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.
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