And look,וְהִנֵּהI will sendאֶשְׁלַחthe boy,אֶת הַנַּעַרsaying, ‘Go,לֵךְfindמְצָאthe arrows.’אֶת הַחִצִּיםIfאִםI say plainlyאָמֹר אֹמַרto the boy,לַנַּעַר‘Look,הִנֵּהthe arrowsהַחִצִּיםare on this side of you;מִמְּךָ וָהֵנָּהtake them,’קָחֶנּוּthen come,וָבֹאָהforכִּיthere is peaceשָׁלוֹםfor youלְךָand there is nothing,וְאֵין דָּבָרas YHWHיְהוָהlives.חַי
1 Samuel 20:21
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:21, word by word
- I will sendאֶשְׁלַחeshlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “eshlach” appears- the boyנַּעַרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- saying, ‘Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- findמְצָאmetsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsa” appears- the arrows.’חִצִּיםchitsim
arrow
Arrow. It is a less common form of the ordinary word for "arrow" (chets).
Where else “chitsim” appears- I say plainlyאָמֹרamor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amor” appears- take them,’קָחֶkache
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kache” appears- then comeבֹאָvoa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voa” appears- there is peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- and there is nothingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- livesחַיchay
as lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appears
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.