Study it in the app“David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity, and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?””
Davidדָּוִדfledוַיִּבְרַחfrom Naiothמִנָּיוֹתin Ramah,בָּרָמָהand cameוַיָּבֹאand saidוַיֹּאמֶרbeforeלִפְנֵיJonathan,יְהוֹנָתָן“Whatמֶהhave I done?עָשִׂיתִיWhat isמֶהmy iniquity,עֲוֺנִיand what isוּמֶהmy sinחַטָּאתִיbeforeלִפְנֵיyour father,אָבִיךָthatכִּיhe seeksמְבַקֵּשׁmy life?”אֶת נַפְשִׁי
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsflee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appearsNaioth
Naioth: a place in Ramah where Samuel lived with the prophets and where David took refuge. The name may mean "dwellings".
Where else “nayot” appearsRamah
See it on the mapWhere else “rama” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsJonathan
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” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appearssin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearstry to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakesh” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appearsRamah ?
Today: possibly er-Ram, West Bank
The name of several towns; the best known was in Benjamin, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Jerusalem, and its site is not certain.
Samuel lived in Ramah (1 Sam 7:17). Jeremiah spoke of Rachel's weeping for her children heard there (Jer 31:15).
1 · This verse (above)
2He said to him, “Far be it! You shall not die. Look, my father does not do anything great or anything small without making it known to me; why then would my father hide from me this thing? It is not so.”
