1 Samuel 20:18

“Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.”

1 Samuel 20:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 20:18, word by word

Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehonatan

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".

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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“Tomorrowמָחָרmachar

tomorrow

The day that comes after today.

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is the new moonחֹדֶשׁchodesh

new moon

When the moon reappears and the month begins, with its feast.

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and you will be missedנִפְקַדְתָּnifkadta

be missing

To find something gone.

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your seatמוֹשָׁבֶmoshave

seat

Where one sits, or those sitting.

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The context

17And Jonathan again made David swear by his love for him, for he loved him with the love of his soul.

18 · This verse (above)

19And on the third day you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on the day of the deed, and stay beside the stone of Ezel.

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