1 Samuel

1 Samuel 20:14–15

¹⁴And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion,^b that I may not die, ¹⁵and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household— not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

Footnotes

b 20:14 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

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1 Samuel 20:14

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And	וְלֹ֖א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
as long as	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
I live	חָ֑י	ḥāy	Adjective - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
treat	תַעֲשֶׂ֧ה	ṯa·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
me	עִמָּדִ֛י	‘im·mā·ḏî	Preposition; first person common singular	H5978 along with
with the LORD’s	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
loving devotion	חֶ֥סֶד	ḥe·seḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2617 goodness, kindness
that I may not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
die	אָמֽוּת׃	’ā·mūṯ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4191 die

1 Samuel 20:15

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and do not	וְלֹֽא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
ever	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
cut off	תַכְרִ֧ת	ṯaḵ·riṯ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H3772 cut off, cut down
your loving devotion	חַסְדְּךָ֛	ḥas·də·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2617 goodness, kindness
from	מֵעִ֥ם	mê·‘im	Preposition-m	H5973 with
my household	בֵּיתִ֖י	bê·ṯî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1004 house
not	וְלֹ֗א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
even when the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
cuts off	בְּהַכְרִ֤ת	bə·haḵ·riṯ	Preposition-b; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H3772 cut off, cut down
every one	אִ֕ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
of David’s	דָוִ֔ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
enemies	אֹיְבֵ֣י	’ō·yə·ḇê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H341 be hostile to
from	מֵעַ֖ל	mê·‘al	Preposition-m	H5921 height
the face	פְּנֵ֥י	pə·nê	Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
of the earth	הָאֲדָמָֽה׃	hā·’ă·ḏā·māh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H127 ground, land

Cross-references

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1 Samuel 20:14 2 Samuel 9:3 · Ephesians 5:1–2

1 Samuel 20:15 2 Samuel 21:7

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.