Study it in the app“Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as before.”
JonathanיְהוֹנָתָןcalledוַיִּקְרָאDavid,לְדָוִדand Jonathanוַ יְהוֹנָתָןtoldיַּגֶּדhimלוֹallאֵת כָּלtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords.הַדְּבָרִיםAnd Jonathanוַ יְהוֹנָתָןbroughtיָּבֵאDavidאֶת דָּוִדtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּלand he wasוַיְהִיbefore himלְפָנָיוas before.כְּאֶתְמוֹל שִׁלְשׁוֹם
Jonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsSaul
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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fanay” appearsyesterday, before
Yesterday; together with "the day before" it forms the expression "before", "in the past".
Where else “etmol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appears6Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul swore, “As YHWH lives, he shall not be put to death.”
7 · This verse (above)
8Again there was war; and David went out and fought against the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, and they fled from before him.
