Study it in the app“But the king spared Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of YHWH that was between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul.”
But the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsparedיַּחְמֹלMephibosheth,עַל מְפִי בֹשֶׁתsonבֶּןof Jonathan,יְהוֹנָתָןsonבֶּןof Saul,שָׁאוּלbecause ofעַלthe oathשְׁבֻעַתof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas between them,בֵּינֹתָםbetweenבֵּיןDavidדָּוִדandוּבֵיןJonathanיְהוֹנָתָןsonבֶּןof Saul.שָׁאוּל
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearshave pity, spare
Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.
Where else “yachmol” appearsMephibosheth
Mephibosheth, the name of two men of the house of Saul: the son of Jonathan, lame in both feet, to whom David showed loyal love (2 Samuel 4:4; 9), and a son of Saul and Rizpah (2 Samuel 21:8). In 1 Chronicles 8:34 the son of Jonathan is called Merib-baal.
Where else “mefi” appearsShame
"The Shame": a scornful name for Baal.
Where else “voshet” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJonathan
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” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsoath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuat” 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” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears6let seven men of his sons be given to us, and we will hang them for YHWH at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of YHWH.” The king said, “I will give them.”
7 · This verse (above)
8The king took the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she had borne to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,
