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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto his boy,לְנַעֲרוֹ“Run,רֻץfind,מְצָאplease,נָאthe arrowsאֶת הַחִצִּיםthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיshoot.”מוֹרֶהThe boyהַנַּעַרran,רָץand heוְהוּאshotיָרָהthe arrowהַחֵצִיto make it pass beyond him.לְהַעֲבִרוֹ
1 Samuel 20:36
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 20:36, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his boyנַעֲרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- “Runרֻץruts
run
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ruts” appears- findמְצָאmetsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsa” appears- the arrowsחִצִּיםchitsim
arrow
Arrow. It is a less common form of the ordinary word for "arrow" (chets).
Where else “chitsim” appears- shootמוֹרֶהmore
shoot
To loose arrows from a bow and wound with them.
Where else “more” appears- to make it pass beyond himהַעֲבִרhaavir
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “haavir” appears
The context
35And 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.
36 · This verse (above)
37The boy came as far as the place of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, and Jonathan called after the boy and said, “Is not the arrow beyond you?”