Forכִּיallכָלthe daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthe sonבֶּןof Jesseיִשַׁיlivesחַיonעַלthe ground,הָאֲדָמָהyouאַתָּהwill notלֹאbe established,תִכּוֹןnor your kingdom.וּמַלְכוּתֶךָAnd now,וְעַתָּהsendשְׁלַחand bringוְקַחhimאֹתוֹto me,אֵלַיforכִּיheהוּאdeserves death.”בֶן מָוֶת
1 Samuel 20:31
Study it in the app“For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you will not be established, nor your kingdom. And now, send and bring him to me, for he deserves death.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:31, word by word
- the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- the sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- livesחַיchay
live
Live.
Where else “chay” appears- the groundאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- be establishedתִכּוֹןtikon
establish
To make something firm, establish it.
Where else “tikon” appears- nor your kingdomמַלְכוּתֶmalchute
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchute” appears- sendשְׁלַחshelach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelach” appears- and bringקַחkach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kach” appears- deserves deathמָוֶתmavet
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appears
Translation note
“Deserves death” is literally “is a son of death.”
The context
30The anger of Saul burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “Son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?
31 · This verse (above)
32Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”