1 Samuel 20:20

20 et ego tres sagittas mittam iuxta eum et iaciam quasi exercens me ad signum

1 Samuel 20:20 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 20:20

And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof]
On the side of the stone Ezel; three are pitched upon, according to the number of the days David was missing:

as though I shot at a mark;
as if he made the stone the mark he shot at; so that his shooting would not be taken notice of.

1 Samuel 20:20 In-Context

18 dixitque ad eum Ionathan cras kalendae sunt et requireris

19 requiretur enim sessio tua usque perendie descendes ergo festinus et venies in locum ubi celandus es in die qua operari licet et sedebis iuxta lapidem cui est nomen Ezel

20 et ego tres sagittas mittam iuxta eum et iaciam quasi exercens me ad signum

21 mittam quoque et puerum dicens ei vade et adfer mihi sagittas

22 si dixero puero ecce sagittae intra te sunt tolle eas tu veni ad me quia pax tibi est et nihil est mali vivit Dominus si autem sic locutus fuero puero ecce sagittae ultra te sunt vade quia dimisit te Dominus