1 Samuel 20:21

“And look, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say plainly to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; take them,’ then come, for there is peace for you and there is nothing, as YHWH lives.”

1 Samuel 20:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 20:21, word by word

I will sendאֶשְׁלַחeshlach

send

To send someone or something.

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the boyנַּעַרnaar

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

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saying, ‘Goלֵךְlech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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findמְצָאmetsa

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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the arrows.’חִצִּיםchitsim

arrow

Arrow. It is a less common form of the ordinary word for "arrow" (chets).

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I say plainlyאָמֹרamor

say

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

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take them,’קָחֶkache

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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then comeבֹאָvoa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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there is peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom

peace

Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.

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and there is nothingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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as YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

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.

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livesחַיchay

as lives

The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.

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The context

20And I will shoot three arrows to its side, as if shooting at a target.

21 · This verse (above)

22But if I say this to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, for YHWH has sent you away.

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