He saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלallכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵל“Youאַתֶּםwill beתִּהְיוּon one side,לְעֵבֶר אֶחָדand Iוַאֲנִיand Jonathanוְיוֹנָתָןmy sonבְּנִיwill beנִהְיֶהon the other side.”לְעֵבֶר אֶחָדThe peopleהָעָםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּל“Doעֲשֵׂהwhat is goodהַטּוֹבin your eyes.”בְּעֵינֶיךָ
1 Samuel 14:40
Study it in the app“He said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” The people said to Saul, “Do what is good in your eyes.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:40, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- will beתִּהְיוּtihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihyu” appears- on one sideעֵבֶרever
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “ever” appears- on one sideאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- and Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- “Doעֲשֵׂהase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appears- what is goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears
The context
39For as YHWH lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, then he shall surely die.” But no one answered him among all the people.
40 · This verse (above)
41Saul said to YHWH, Elohim of Israel, “Give a complete lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people went out free.