H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And David said unto Saul: 'Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Saul said: 'I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.' Wherefore Saul said to David: 'Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through the one of the twain.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Saul commanded his servants: 'Speak with David secretly, and say: Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said: 'Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And Saul said: 'Thus shall ye say to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.' For Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”תֹאמְר֣וּ to.me.Ru “you will say”

And Jonathan told David, saying: 'Saul my father seeketh to slay thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his work hath been very good towards thee;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal David's wife told him, saying: 'If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'

וַתֹּ֖אמֶר (תֹּ֖אמֶר) To.mer “she said”

And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying: 'Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And Saul said unto Michal: 'Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped?' And Michal answered Saul: 'He said unto me: Let me go; why should I kill thee?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (תֹּ֤אמֶר) To.mer “she said”אָמַ֥ר 'a.Mar “he said”

And it was told Saul, saying: 'Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great cistern that is in Secu; and he asked and said: 'Where are Samuel and David?' And one said: 'Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.'

וַיֹּ֔אמֶר (יֹּ֔אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (יֹּ֕אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “someone said”

And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say: 'Is Saul also among the prophets?'

יֹֽאמְר֔וּ yo.me.Ru “people say”

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan: 'What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he said unto him: 'Far from it; thou shalt not die; behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me; and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And David swore moreover, and said: 'Thy father knoweth well that I have found favour in thine eyes; and he saith: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and de

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (יֹּ֙אמֶר֙) i.Yo.mer “he said”וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (יֹּ֛אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he has said”

Then said Jonathan unto David: 'What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee?'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”תֹּאמַ֥ר to.Mar “it will say”

And David said unto Jonathan: 'Behold, to-morrow is the new moon, when I should sit with the king to eat; so let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

If thy father miss me at all, then say: David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (אָמַרְתָּ֗) 'a.mar.Ta “you will say”

If he say thus: It is well; thy servant shall have peace; but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

יֹאמַ֛ר yo.Mar “he will say”

And Jonathan said: 'Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

Then said David to Jonathan: 'Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And Jonathan said unto David: 'Come and let us go out into the field.' And they went out both of them into the field.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”