Study it in the app“If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked of me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’”
Ifאִםyour fatherאָבִיךָmisses me at all,פָּקֹד יִפְקְדֵנִיthen say,וְאָמַרְתָּ‘Davidדָוִדearnestly askedנִשְׁאֹל נִשְׁאַלof meמִמֶּנִּיto runלָרוּץto Bethlehem,בֵּית לֶחֶםhis city,עִירוֹforכִּיthere is the yearly sacrificeזֶבַח הַיָּמִיםthereשָׁםfor allלְכָלthe family.’הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsbe missing
To find something gone.
Where else “pakod” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “nishol” appearsrun
To move quickly on foot, at a run.
Where else “ruts” appearsBethlehem
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearssacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsfamily
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpacha” appearsBethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
5David said to Jonathan, “Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should surely sit with the king to eat; but let me go, and I will hide in the field until the evening of the third day.
6 · This verse (above)
7If he says this, ‘Good,’ there is peace for your servant; but if he is truly incensed, know that the evil is decided on his part.
