1 Samuel 20:4
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And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.

Whatsoever.

Context
Jonathan Helps David
3And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death. 4And Jonathan said to David: Whatsoever thy soul shall say to me, I will do for thee.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.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 20:3
And he swore again to David. And David said: Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, and he will say: Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, there is but one step (as I may say) between me and death.

1 Samuel 20:5
And 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.

Lexicon
Then Jonathan
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן (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

said
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

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

“Whatever
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

you
נַפְשְׁךָ֖ (nap̄·šə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

desire,
תֹּאמַ֥ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

I will do for you.”
וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ (wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make


Additional Translations
Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

And Jonathan said to David, What does thy soul desire, and what shall I do for thee.

And Jonathan said to David, What thy soul may say, I will even do it for thee.

Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.

Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you."

And Jonathan saith to David, 'What doth thy soul say? -- and I do it for thee.'
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