Study it in the app“He 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.””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Far be it!חָלִילָהYou shall notלֹאdie.תָמוּתLook,הִנֵּהmy fatherאָבִיdoes not doלֹא יַעֲשֶׂהanythingדָּבָרgreatגָּדוֹלorאוֹanythingדָּבָרsmallקָטֹןwithoutוְלֹאmaking it knownיִגְלֶהto me;אֶת אָזְנִיwhy thenוּמַדּוּעַwould my fatherאָבִיhideיַסְתִּירfrom meמִמֶּנִּיthisהַזֶּהthing?אֶת הַדָּבָרIt is notאֵיןso.”זֹאת
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfar be it!
"Far be it!", "by no means!": an expression that rejects something as unthinkable.
Where else “chalila” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “tamut” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearssmall
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appearsreveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “yigle” appearsreveal
To let someone know something, reveal it to him.
Where else “azni” appearswhy?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appearshide
To put someone or something out of sight, to keep it safe or to flee.
Where else “yastir” appears1David 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?”
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3David swore again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as YHWH lives and as your soul lives, there is but as it were a step between me and death.”
