1 Samuel 18:3 Go deeper

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (KJV)

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וַיִּכְרֹ֧תvai.yikh.Rotand he made

Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to cut: make(covenant)

Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 15:18, Genesis 21:27, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 31:44, Exodus 23:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3772H; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 1

יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןye.ho.na.TanJonathan

Lemma: יְהוֹנָתָן (ye.ho.na.tan) · Strong's: H3083H

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Jonathan

Used 67 times. Also: 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:8, 1 Samuel 18:1, 1 Samuel 18:4, 1 Samuel 19:1, 1 Samuel 19:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3083H; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 2

וְדָוִ֖דve.da.Vidand David

Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: David

Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 3

בְּרִ֑יתbe.Rita covenant

Lemma: בְּרִית (be.rit) · Strong's: H1285

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: covenant

Used 284 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1285; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 4

בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹbe.'a.ha.va.Toin love his

Lemma: אַהֲבָה (a.ha.vah) · Strong's: H0160

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: love

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 29:20, Deuteronomy 7:8, 1 Samuel 20:17, 2 Samuel 1:26, 2 Samuel 13:15, 1 Kings 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0160; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 5

אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> him

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 6

כְּנַפְשֽׁוֹ\׃ke.naf.Sholike own self his

Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: soul

Used 245 times. Also: Genesis 34:3, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 35:18, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 23:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5315G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 18:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Then Jonathan	→	יְהוֹנָתָן H3083H Jonathan
made	→	כָּרַת H3772H to cut: make(covenant)
a covenant	→	בְּרִית H1285 covenant
with David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David
because he loved	→	אַהֲבָה H0160 love
him	→	אֵת H0853 [Obj.]
as himself	→	נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315G soul

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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