1 Samuel

1 Samuel 20:38–39

³⁸Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

³⁹But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Jonathan	יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙	yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3083 Jehonathan
cried out	וַיִּקְרָ֤א	way·yiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Hurry	מְהֵרָ֥ה	mə·hê·rāh	Adverb	H4120 haste, speed
Make haste	ח֖וּשָׁה	ḥū·šāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2363 haste, make haste
Do not	אַֽל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
delay	תַּעֲמֹ֑ד	ta·‘ă·mōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
So the boy	נַ֤עַר	na·‘ar	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5288 a shaking, scattering
picked up the arrow	וַיְלַקֵּ֞ט	way·laq·qêṭ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3950 pick or gather up
and returned	וַיָּבֹ֖א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
his master	אֲדֹנָֽיו׃	’ă·ḏō·nāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H113 lord

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But the boy	וְהַנַּ֖עַר	wə·han·na·‘ar	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
did not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדַ֣ע	yā·ḏa‘	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
anything	מְא֑וּמָה	mə·’ū·māh	Noun - masculine singular	H3972 anything
only	אַ֤ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
Jonathan	יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙	yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3083 Jehonathan
and David	וְדָוִ֔ד	wə·ḏā·wiḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
knew	יָדְע֖וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
the arrangement	הַדָּבָֽר׃	had·dā·ḇār	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1697 speech, word

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.