Study it in the app“Now do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of YHWH; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a single flea, as one pursues the partridge in the mountains.””
Nowוְעַתָּהdo notאַלlet my bloodדָּמִיfallיִפֹּלto the groundאַרְצָהaway fromמִנֶּגֶדthe presenceפְּנֵיof YHWH;יְהוָהforכִּיthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhas come outיָצָאto seekלְבַקֵּשׁa singleאֶחָדflea,פַּרְעֹשׁasכַּאֲשֶׁרone pursuesיִרְדֹּףthe partridgeהַקֹּרֵאin the mountains.”בֶּהָרִים
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dami” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsaloof
Opposite, at a distance.
Where else “neged” appearspresence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “pene” 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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsflea
Flea; used as a picture of something insignificant.
Where else “parosh” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appearspartridge
Partridge: a bird hunted by chasing it over the hills. Its Hebrew name means "the caller", from its cry.
Where else “kore” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears19Now please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If YHWH has incited you against me, may he smell an offering; but if it is human beings, cursed be they before YHWH, for they have driven me out today so that I may not join the inheritance of YHWH, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
20 · This verse (above)
21Saul said, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, for I will not harm you again, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Look, I have acted foolishly and have erred very greatly.”
