King James Version
1 Samuel 20:38 in the King James Version says “And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows , and came to h...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows , and came to his master.”
1 Samuel 20:38 · KJV
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. beyond: Heb. to pass over him
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows , and came to his master.
But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. artillery: Heb. instruments his lad: Heb. the lad that was his
KJV Study — Public Domain
“cried”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
“lad”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“stay”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“gathered up”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
“lad”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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