H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, [ergänzt: 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 upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

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

And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has 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, Is it a light thing in your eyes 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 did David speak.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David: The king does not desire any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But 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”

But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill thee; and now, 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 to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against thee; for also what he did was very advantageous to thee;

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

And Saul sent messengers to 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 wilt be put to death.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And Saul sent messengers to take David, and 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 put him to death.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Then Saul said to Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal said to Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I slay 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 by Ramah.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, at Naioth by Ramah.

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

And he himself also stripped off his clothes, and prophesied, himself also, 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 by 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 seeks my life?

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

And he said to him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, and not apprise 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 again and again, and said, Thy father certainly knows that I have found favour in thy sight: and he has thought, Jonathan shall not know this, lest he be grieved; but truly [ergänzt: as] Jehovah liveth, and [ergänzt: as] thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

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

And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.

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

And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.

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

If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a 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 very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.

יֹאמַ֛ר yo.Mar “he will say”

And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for, if I knew with certainty that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?

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

Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?

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

And Jonathan said to 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”