1 Samuel 20:39
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And he knew not at all what was doing: for only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

Context
Saul Seeks to Kill Jonathan
38And Jonathan cried again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to his master: 39And he knew not at all what was doing: for only Jonathan and David knew the matter.40Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city.…
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1 Samuel 20:38
And Jonathan cried again after the boy, saying: Make haste speedily, stand not. And Jonathan's boy gathered up the arrows, and brought them to his master:

1 Samuel 20:40
Jonathan therefore gave his arms to the boy, and said to him: Go, and carry them into the city.

Lexicon
But the boy
וְהַנַּ֖עַר (wə·han·na·‘ar)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

did not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

know
יָדַ֣ע (yā·ḏa‘)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

anything;
מְא֑וּמָה (mə·’ū·māh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3972: A speck, point, nothing

only
אַ֤ךְ (’aḵ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

Jonathan
יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ (yə·hō·w·nā·ṯān)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3083: Jonathan -- 'the LORD has given', the name of a number of Israelites

and David
וְדָוִ֔ד (wə·ḏā·wiḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

knew
יָדְע֖וּ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

the arrangement.
הַדָּבָֽר׃ (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


Additional Translations
But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

And the boy knew nothing, only Jonathan and David knew.

And the lad knew nothing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

But the boy didn't know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

And the youth hath not known anything, only Jonathan and David knew the word.
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