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And as for the wordוְהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרwe have spoken,דִּבַּרְנוּIאֲנִיand you,וָאָתָּהlook,הִנֵּהYHWH isיְהוָהbetween meבֵּינִיand youוּבֵינְךָforever.”עַד עוֹלָם
1 Samuel 20:23
Study it in the app“And as for the word that we have spoken, I and you, look, YHWH is between me and you forever.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:23, word by word
- And as for the wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- we have spokenדִּבַּרְנוּdibarnu
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarnu” appears- YHWH isיְהוָהyehva
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- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
22But if I say this to the youth, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ go, for YHWH has sent you away.
23 · This verse (above)
24David hid in the field. And the new moon came, and the king sat down at the meal to eat.