Study it in the app“David swore again and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as YHWH lives and as your soul lives, there is but as it were a step between me and death.””
Davidדָּוִדsworeוַיִּשָּׁבַעagainעוֹדand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Your fatherאָבִיךָknows wellיָדֹעַ יָדַעthatכִּיI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָand he has said,וַיֹּאמֶר‘Let notאַלJonathanיְהוֹנָתָןknowיֵדַעthis,זֹאתlestפֶּןhe be grieved.’יֵעָצֵבBut truly,וְאוּלָםas YHWHיְהוָהlivesחַיand as your soulוְ נַפְשֶׁךָlives,חֵיthere is butכִּיas it were a stepכְפֶשַׂעbetween meבֵּינִיand death.”וּבֵין הַמָּוֶת
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishava” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadoa” appearsfind favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsJonathan
Jonathan: the long form ("Jehonathan") of the same name as יוֹנָתָן; the Hebrew uses both for the same people, and this translation spells them alike. It means "YHWH has given".
Where else “yehonatan” appearsgrieve
To feel pain or grief in the heart, or to cause it to someone.
Where else “yeatsev” appearsbut, however
But, however; yet, on the contrary.
Where else “ulam” appearsYHWH
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” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appearsstep
Step, stride. It appears only once: "there is as it were a step between me and death" (1 Samuel 20:3).
Where else “fesa” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears2He said to him, “Far be it! You shall not die. Look, my father does not do anything great or anything small without making it known to me; why then would my father hide from me this thing? It is not so.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul says, I will do it for you.”
