Forכִּיall of youכֻּלְּכֶםhave conspiredקְשַׁרְתֶּםagainst me,עָלַיand there is no oneוְאֵיןwho informs meגֹּלֶה אֶת אָזְנִיwhenבִּmy sonבְּנִיmakes a covenantכְרָתwithעִםthe sonבֶּןof Jesse,יִשַׁיand noneוְאֵיןof youמִכֶּםis sorryחֹלֶהfor meעָלַיor informs meוְגֹלֶה אֶת אָזְנִיthatכִּיmy sonבְּנִיhas stirred upהֵקִיםmy servantאֶת עַבְדִּיagainst meעָלַיto lie in wait,לְאֹרֵבas it is thisכַּ הַזֶּהday.”יּוֹם
1 Samuel 22:8
Study it in the app“For all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who informs me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you is sorry for me or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait, as it is this day.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 22:8, word by word
- have conspiredקְשַׁרְתֶּםkeshartem
conspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “keshartem” appears- who informs meגֹּלֶהgole
reveal
To make known, show openly.
Where else “gole” appears- who informs meאָזְנִazni
reveal
To let someone know something, reveal it to him.
Where else “azni” appears- my sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- makes a covenantכְרָתcherat
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “cherat” appears- of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay
Jesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appears- is sorryחֹלֶהchole
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chole” appears- has stirred upהֵקִיםhekim
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hekim” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avdi” appears- to lie in waitאֹרֵבorev
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orev” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7Saul said to his servants who stood by him, “Hear, please, Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give to all of you too fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?
8 · This verse (above)
9Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.