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But ifוְאִםI sayאֹמַרthisכֹּהto the youth,לָעֶלֶם‘Look,הִנֵּהthe arrowsהַחִצִּיםare beyond you,’מִמְּךָ וָהָלְאָהgo,לֵךְforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas sent you away.שִׁלַּחֲךָ
1 Samuel 20:22
Study it in the app“But if I say this to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, for YHWH has sent you away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:22, word by word
- I sayאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- to the youthעֶלֶםelem
young man
Young man, lad. It is the masculine of the word "young woman" (almah).
Where else “elem” appears- the arrowsחִצִּיםchitsim
arrow
Arrow. It is a less common form of the ordinary word for "arrow" (chets).
Where else “chitsim” appears- are beyond you,’הָלְאָהhala
beyond
Points to a place farther off than where one is.
Where else “hala” appears- goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- 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- has sent you awayשִׁלַּחֲshilaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilaach” appears
The context
21And 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.
22 · This verse (above)
23And as for the word that we have spoken, I and you, look, YHWH is between me and you forever.”