| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 20:3:1 ⧉וַיִּשָּׁבַ֨עvayishshavaand he swore 1 Samuel 20:3:2 ⧉ע֜וֹדodagain 1 Samuel 20:3:3 ⧉דָּוִ֗דdavidDavid 1 Samuel 20:3:4 ⧉וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vayomerand he said 1 Samuel 20:3:5 ⧉יָדֹ֤עַyadoaknowing well 1 Samuel 20:3:6 ⧉יָדַ֙עַ֙yadaahe knows 1 Samuel 20:3:7 ⧉אָבִ֔יךָavikhayour father 1 Samuel 20:3:8 ⧉כִּֽי־מָצָ֨אתִיkimatsatithat I have found 1 Samuel 20:3:9 ⧉חֵ֜ןkhenfavor 1 Samuel 20:3:10 ⧉בְּעֵינֶ֣יךָbeenekhain your eyes 1 Samuel 20:3:11 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said 1 Samuel 20:3:12 ⧉אַל־יֵֽדַע־זֹאתalyedazotlet not this be known 1 Samuel 20:3:13 ⧉יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyehonatanJonathan 1 Samuel 20:3:14 ⧉פֶּן־יֵֽעָצֵ֑בpenyeatsevlest he be grieved 1 Samuel 20:3:15 ⧉וְאוּלָ֗םveulambut truly 1 Samuel 20:3:16 ⧉חַי־יְהוָה֙khaiyahwehas the LORD lives 1 Samuel 20:3:17 ⧉וְחֵ֣יvekheiand as lives 1 Samuel 20:3:18 ⧉נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnafshekhayour soul 1 Samuel 20:3:19 ⧉כִּ֣יkithat 1 Samuel 20:3:20 ⧉כְּפֶ֔שַׂעkefesaas a step 1 Samuel 20:3:21 ⧉בֵּינִ֖יbenibetween me 1 Samuel 20:3:22 ⧉וּבֵ֥יןuveinand between 1 Samuel 20:3:23 ⧉הַמָּֽוֶת׃hamavetthe death |
| 3. Formal Translation And David swore and said, “Only your father knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he says, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved on my account.’ Yet truly, as I live, there is but a step between my life and death.” |
| 3. Dynamic Translation David swore and said, “Your father certainly knows that I have won your favor, and he has decided, ‘Jonathan must not know this or he will be distressed.’ But as surely as I live, I am only one step from death.” |