1 Samuel 20:6
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If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem, his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe.

Deuteronomy 12:5
But you shall come to the place, which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes, to put his name there, and to dwell in it:

1 Samuel 9:12
They answered and said to them: He is: behold he is before you, make haste now: for he came to day into the city, for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place.

1 Samuel 17:58
And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.

1 Samuel 20:28
And Jonathan answered Saul: He asked leave of me earnestly to go to Bethlehem.

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If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem, his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe.

Beth-lehem

1 Samuel 17:58 And Saul said to him: Young man, of what family art thou? And David said: I am the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite.

John 7:42 Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was?

sacrifice.

1 Samuel 9:12 They answered and said to them: He is: behold he is before you, make haste now: for he came to day into the city, for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place.

1 Samuel 16:2-5 And Samuel said: How shall I go? for Saul will hear of it, and he will kill me. And the Lord said: Thou shalt take with thee a calf of the herd, and thou shalt say: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. . . .

Context
Jonathan Helps David
5And David said to Jonathan: Behold to morrow is the new moon, and I, according to custom, am wont to sit beside the king to eat: let me go then that I may be hid in the field till the evening of the third day. 6If thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt answer him: David asked me that he might run to Bethlehem, his own city: because there are solemn sacrifices there for all of his tribe.7If he shall say: It is well: thy servant shall have peace: but if he be angry, know that his malice is come to its height.…
Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

your father
אָבִ֑יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

misses me
יִפְקְדֵ֖נִי (yip̄·qə·ḏê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

at all,
פָּקֹ֥ד (pā·qōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit

tell him,
וְאָמַרְתָּ֗ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘David
דָוִד֙ (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

urgently requested
נִשְׁאֹל֩ (niš·’ōl)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

my [permission]
נִשְׁאַ֨ל (niš·’al)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

to hurry
לָרוּץ֙ (lā·rūṣ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run

to Bethlehem,
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1035: Bethlehem -- 'place of bread', a city in Judah, also a city in Zebulun

his hometown,
עִיר֔וֹ (‘î·rōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

because
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

there is
שָׁ֖ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

an annual
הַיָּמִ֛ים (hay·yā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

sacrifice
זֶ֧בַח (ze·ḇaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

for his whole
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

clan.’
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃ (ham·miš·pā·ḥāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4940: A family, circle of relatives, a class, a species, sort, a tribe, people


Additional Translations
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’If your father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

And if thy father do in anywise enquire for me, then shalt thou say, David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethleem his city, for there is there, a yearly sacrifice for all the family.

If thy father should actually miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If thy father shall at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me, that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

If your father miss me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.'

if thy father at all look after me, and thou hast said, David asked earnestly of me to run to Beth-Lehem his city, for a sacrifice of the days is there for all the family.
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