1 Samuel 20:3
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
7650 [e]וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨ע
way-yiš-šā-ḇa‘
And took an oathConj-w | V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3ms
5750 [e]ע֜וֹד
‘ō-wḏ
againAdv
1732 [e]דָּוִ֗ד
dā-wiḏ
DavidN-proper-ms
559 [e]וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙
way-yō-mer
and saidConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
3045 [e]יָדֹ֨עַ
yā-ḏō-a‘
KnowingV-Qal-InfAbs
3045 [e]יָדַ֜ע
yā-ḏa‘
knowsV-Qal-Perf-3ms
1 [e]אָבִ֗יךָ
’ā-ḇî-ḵā
your fatherN-msc | 2ms
3588 [e]כִּֽי־
kî-
thatConj
4672 [e]מָצָ֤אתִי
mā-ṣā-ṯî
I have foundV-Qal-Perf-1cs
2580 [e]חֵן֙
ḥên
favorN-ms
5869 [e]בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ
bə-‘ê-ne-ḵā
in your eyesPrep-b | N-cdc | 2ms
559 [e]וַיֹּ֛אמֶר
way-yō-mer
and he has saidConj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms
408 [e]אַל־
’al-
NotAdv
3045 [e]יֵֽדַע־
yê-ḏa‘-
do let knowV-Qal-Imperf-3ms
2063 [e]זֹ֥את
zōṯ
thisPro-fs
3083 [e]יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן
yə-hō-w-nā-ṯān
JonathanN-proper-ms
6435 [e]פֶּן־
pen-
lestConj
6087 [e]יֵֽעָצֵ֑ב
yê-‘ā-ṣêḇ
he be grievedV-Nifal-Imperf-3ms
199 [e]וְאוּלָ֗ם
wə-’ū-lām
But trulyConj
2416 [e]חַי־
ḥay-
[as] livesN-ms
3068 [e]יְהוָה֙
Yah-weh
YHWHN-proper-ms
2416 [e]וְחֵ֣י
wə-ḥê
and [as] livesConj-w | N-msc
5315 [e]נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָ
nap̄-še-ḵā
your soulN-fsc | 2ms
3588 [e]כִּ֣י
butConj
6587 [e]כְפֶ֔שַׂע
ḵə-p̄e-śa‘
a step [is]Prep-k | N-ms
996 [e]בֵּינִ֖י
bê-nî
between mePrep-b | 1cs
996 [e]וּבֵ֥ין
ū-ḇên
and betweenConj-w | Prep
4194 [e]הַמָּֽוֶת׃
ham-mā-weṯ
deathArt | N-ms





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

Young's Literal Translation
And David sweareth again, and saith, ‘Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but—as a step between me and death.’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But David said, “Your father certainly knows that you have come to look favorably on me. He has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or else he will be grieved .’ ” David also swore, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.” 

New American Standard Bible
Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death."

King James Bible
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.
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