Study it in the app“The boy went, and David rose from beside the south, and fell on his face to the ground and bowed down three times. And they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David wept more.”
David and Jonathan part with kisses and tearsFriendship
The boyהַנַּעַרwent,בָּאand Davidוְדָוִדroseקָםfrom besideמֵאֵצֶלthe south,הַנֶּגֶבand fellוַיִּפֹּלon his faceלְאַפָּיוto the groundאַרְצָהand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּthreeשָׁלֹשׁtimes.פְּעָמִיםAnd they kissedוַיִּשְּׁקוּoneאִישׁanother,אֶת רֵעֵהוּand weptוַיִּבְכּוּoneאִישׁwith another,אֶת רֵעֵהוּuntilעַדDavidדָּוִדwept more.הִגְדִּיל
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kam” appearsbeside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appearssouth
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appearsfall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “yipol” appearsface
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “apay” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appearskiss
To kiss someone on the mouth or cheek, to greet, to say farewell or to show affection.
Where else “yishku” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsneighbor
The person living near, anyone one deals with.
Where else “ree” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “yivku” appearsgrow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “higdil” appearsThe end is brief in Hebrew (“until David made great”); it is understood that David wept more.
40Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy who was with him, and said to him, “Go, take them to the city.”
41 · This verse (above)
42Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, since we have sworn, both of us, in the name of YHWH, saying, ‘YHWH shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” He rose and went, and Jonathan went into the city.
