KJV: Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
YLT: And David saith unto Jonathan, 'Who doth declare to me? or what if thy father doth answer thee sharply?'
Darby: Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?
ASV: Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | And said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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דָּוִד֙ | David |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּוִד Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel. |
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יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן | Jonathan |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יְהֹונָתָן Sense: a son of king Saul and a friend of David. |
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יַגִּ֣יד | will tell |
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָגַד Sense: to be conspicuous, tell, make known. |
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לִ֑י | me |
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular |
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מַה־ | what [if] |
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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יַּעַנְךָ֥ | answers you |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, second person masculine singular Root: לְעַנּׄות Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout. |
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אָבִ֖יךָ | your father |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual. |
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؟ קָשָֽׁה | roughly |
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular Root: קָשֶׁה Sense: hard, cruel, severe, obstinate. |
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ס | - |
Parse: Punctuation |