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Saulשָׁאוּלtook himוַיִּקָּחֵהוּon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםand did notוְלֹאlet himנְתָנוֹreturnלָשׁוּבto the houseבֵּיתof his father.אָבִיו
1 Samuel 18:2
Study it in the app“Saul took him on that day and did not let him return to the house of his father.”
Jonathan's soul is bound to David's, and they make a covenantFriendship
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 18:2, word by word
- 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- took himיִּקָּחֵyikache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikache” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- let himנְתָנnetan
let
To let something happen.
Where else “netan” appears- returnשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- to the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
1And it came about, when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
2 · This verse (above)
3Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.