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And it came aboutוַיְהִיin the morningבַבֹּקֶרthat Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןwent outוַיֵּצֵאto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהat the time appointedלְמוֹעֵדwith David,דָּוִדand a littleקָטֹןboy wasוְנַעַרwith him.עִמּוֹ
1 Samuel 20:35
Study it in the app“And it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out to the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy was with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:35, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- that Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןyehonatan
Jonathan
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” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- to the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- at the time appointedמוֹעֵדmoed
appointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appears- with Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and a littleקָטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears- boy wasנַעַרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears
The context
34Jonathan rose from the table in hot anger, and he did not eat bread on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to shame.
35 · This verse (above)
36He said to his boy, “Run, find, please, the arrows that I shoot.” The boy ran, and he shot the arrow to make it pass beyond him.