1 Samuel 20:18 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 20:18

Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.

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ASV

Then Jonathan said unto him, To-morrow is the new moon: and thou wilt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

KJV

Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּֽאמֶר־	vai.yo.mer-	and he said	H559 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	to <the> him
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן	ye.ho.na.Tan	Jonathan	H3083 →
מָחָ֣ר	ma.Char	[will be] tomorrow	H4279 →
חֹ֑דֶשׁ	Cho.desh	a new moon	H2320 →
וְנִפְקַ֕דְתָּ	ve.nif.Kad.ta	and you will be missed	H6485 →
כִּ֥י	ki	if	H3588 →
יִפָּקֵ֖ד	yi.pa.Ked	it will be empty	H6485 →
מוֹשָׁבֶֽךָ׃	mo.sha.Ve.kha	seat your	H4186 →

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1 Samuel 20:5
So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
leads to
- Numbers 10:10
  And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you…
- 1 Samuel 19:2
  so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
- Numbers 28:11
  At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- Psalms 81:3
  Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- 1 Samuel 20:19
  When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
Through
1 Samuel 20:25
He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.
leads to
- Judges 16:20
  Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that…

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