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But Saulוְ שָׁאוּלdid notלֹאsayדִבֶּרanythingמְאוּמָהon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםforכִּיhe said,אָמַר“It isהוּאan accident;מִקְרֶהheהוּאis notבִּלְתִּיclean;טָהוֹרsurelyכִּיhe is notלֹאclean.”טָהוֹר
1 Samuel 20:26
Study it in the app“But Saul did not say anything on that day, for he said, “It is an accident; he is not clean; surely he is not clean.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:26, word by word
- But Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- sayדִבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- anythingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- he saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- an accidentמִקְרֶהmikre
chance, what happens
What happens to someone without his planning it; chance, lot.
Where else “mikre” appears- cleanטָהוֹרtahor
clean
Fit under the law for worship, without stain.
Where else “tahor” appears
Translation note
Whoever was unclean (for example, from touching a dead person or from an emission, Leviticus 15:16; 7:20-21) could not eat of the meal of a sacrifice until he was purified.
The context
25The king sat on his seat, as at other times, on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan rose, and Abner sat at the side of Saul, and the place of David was empty.
26 · This verse (above)
27And it came about on the day after the new moon, the second day, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the meal?”