1 Samuel 20:6
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"If thy father at all 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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
חָטָא
châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
בֵּית לֶחֶם
Bêyth Lechem
Beth-Lechem, a place in Palestine
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
מִשְׁפָּחָה
mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
Key Terms in This Verse
חָטָא châṭâʼ
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Study H2398 →שָׁלַח shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Study H7971 →שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people
Study H4940 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place:
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
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