Study it in the app“Jonathan 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.”
David and Jonathan part with kisses and tearsFriendship
Jonathanיְהוֹנָתָןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto David,לְדָוִד“Goלֵךְin peace,לְשָׁלוֹםsinceאֲשֶׁרwe have sworn,נִשְׁבַּעְנוּboth of us,שְׁנֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWH,יְהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר‘YHWHיְהוָהshall beיִהְיֶהbetween meבֵּינִיand you,וּבֵינֶךָand betweenוּבֵיןmy offspringזַרְעִיand your offspring,וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָforever.’”עַד עוֹלָםHe roseוַיָּקָםand went,וַיֵּלַךְand Jonathanוִיהוֹנָתָןwentבָּאinto the city.הָעִיר
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “lech” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbanu” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” 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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appearsoffspring
The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.
Where else “zari” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelach” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “ba” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsThe last sentence (“He rose…”) is in the Hebrew numbering verse 21:1; that is why chapter 21 runs one verse behind the Hebrew.
41The 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.
42 · This verse (above)
