Study it in the app“He put his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and YHWH worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting to death David without cause?””
He putוַיָּשֶׂםhis lifeאֶת נַפְשׁוֹin his handבְכַפּוֹand struckוַיַּךְthe Philistine,אֶת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּיand YHWHוַ יְהוָהworkedיַּעַשׂa greatגְדוֹלָהsalvationתְּשׁוּעָהfor allלְכָלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵלYou saw itרָאִיתָand rejoiced.וַתִּשְׂמָחWhy thenוְלָמָּהwill you sinתֶחֱטָאagainst innocentנָקִיbloodבְּדָםby putting to deathלְהָמִיתDavidאֶת דָּוִדwithout cause?”חִנָּם
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chap” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yach” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishti” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appearsdeliverance
When YHWH rescues.
Where else “teshua” appearsIsrael
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” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raita” appearsrejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “tismach” appearssin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “techeta” appearsinnocent
Without guilt: blood of one who did no wrong.
Where else “naki” appearsbloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “hamit” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearswithout cause
With no reason or guilt to justify it.
Where else “chinam” appears“He put his life in his hand”: he risked his life (the same in Judges 12:3).
4Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, for he has not sinned against you, and because his deeds are very good for you.
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6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As YHWH lives, he shall not be put to death.”
