1st Samuel Chapter 20 verse 41 Holy Bible
And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of `a place' toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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And when the boy had gone, David came from his secret place by the hill, and falling to the earth went down on his face three times: and they gave one another a kiss, weeping together, till David's grief was the greater.
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The lad went, and David arose from the side of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times; and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place towards the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of [a place] toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
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The youth hath gone, and David hath risen from Ezel, at the south, and falleth on his face to the earth, and boweth himself three times, and they kiss one another, and they weep one with another, till David exerted himself;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(41) David arose out of a place toward the south.--If the text be correct here, which is very doubtful, we must understand these words as signifying that as soon as David perceived that Jonathan was alone (as soon as the lad was gone), he rose from the south side of the rock, where he had been lying concealed. [The "arrow" sign would have been enough to have warned David; and had he not seen that Jonathan was alone and waiting for him, David would, from his place of hiding, have made his escape unseen.] The Chaldee here reads, "from the stone of the sign (or the stone Atha) which is on the south;" the LXX. (Vat. MS.), "from the Argab;" Alex. MS., "from sleep." The different versions, more or less, have repeated the statement in 1Samuel 20:19, failing altogether to understand the two Hebrew words meetzel hannegev, translated in our English Version, "out of a place toward the south."And fell on his face.--Josephus' words, in his traditional account of the event, explain David's reason for this. "He did obeisance, and called him the saviour of his life."Until David exceeded.--The expression is a strange one, and apparently signifies either simply that while Jonathan wept bitterly at the parting, David wept still more, or else that "David broke down," that is, "was completely mastered by his grief."--Dean Payne Smith. The LXX. translators here are quite unintelligible in their rendering, which represents David as weeping "until a (or the) great consummation."Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewWhen the young manהַנַּעַר֮ (han·na·‘ar)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainerhad gone,בָּא֒ (bā)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, goDavidוְדָוִ֗ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessegot upקָ֚ם (qām)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6965: To arise, stand up, standfrom the southהַנֶּ֔גֶב (han·ne·ḡeḇ)Article | Noun - proper - feminine singularStrong's 5045: South country, the Negeb, southside [of the stone],מֵאֵ֣צֶל (mê·’ê·ṣel)Preposition-mStrong's 681: A joining together, proximityfellוַיִּפֹּ֨ל (way·yip·pōl)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5307: To fall, liefacedown,לְאַפָּ֥יו (lə·’ap·pāw)Preposition-l | Noun - mdc | third person masculine singularStrong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ireand bowedוַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ (way·yiš·ta·ḥū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7812: To depress, prostratethreeשָׁלֹ֣שׁ (šā·lōš)Number - feminine singularStrong's 7969: Three, third, thricetimes.פְּעָמִ֑ים (pə·‘ā·mîm)Noun - feminine pluralStrong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrenceThen he and Jonathan kissedוַֽיִּשְּׁק֣וּ ׀ (way·yiš·šə·qū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 5401: To kiss, to equip with weaponseachאִ֣ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personotherרֵעֵ֗הוּ (rê·‘ê·hū)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellowand weptוַיִּבְכּוּ֙ (way·yiḇ·kū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralStrong's 1058: To weep, to bemoantogether—אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personthoughעַד־ (‘aḏ-)PrepositionStrong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, whileDavidדָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jessewept more.הִגְדִּֽיל׃ (hiḡ·dîl)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 1431: To grow up, become greatJump to PreviousBowed Boy David Exceeded Kissed Lad Rose Soon South Three Times Towards Wept
