1 Samuel 20:20
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

Young's Literal Translation

‘And I shoot three of the arrows at the side, sending out for myself at a mark;

King James Bible

And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.

Hebrew
I
וַאֲנִ֕י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

will shoot
אוֹרֶ֑ה (’ō·w·reh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

three
שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

arrows
הַחִצִּ֖ים (ha·ḥiṣ·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2678: An arrow

to the side of it,
צִדָּ֣ה (ṣid·dāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

as if I were aiming
לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־ (lə·šal·laḥ-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

at a target.
לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ (lə·maṭ·ṭā·rāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4307: A guard, ward, prison, target, mark

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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