1 Samuel 22:8

“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.””

1 Samuel 22:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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who informs meאָזְנִazni

reveal

To let someone know something, reveal it to him.

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my sonבְּנִbeni

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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makes a covenantכְרָתcherat

make a covenant

Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.

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of Jesseיִשַׁיyishay

Jesse

Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.

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is sorryחֹלֶהchole

be sick

To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.

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has stirred upהֵקִיםhekim

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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my servantעַבְדִּavdi

servant

Someone who works for another, or a king's official.

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to lie in waitאֹרֵבorev

lie in wait

Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.

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dayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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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.

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