Study it in the app“Saul said, “Thus you shall say to David: ‘The king has no delight in a bride-price, but in a hundred foreskins of Philistines, to take vengeance on the enemies of the king.’” And Saul planned to bring down David by the hand of the Philistines.”
Saulשָׁאוּלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thusכֹּהyou shall sayתֹאמְרוּto David:לְדָוִד‘The kingלַמֶּלֶךְhas noאֵיןdelightחֵפֶץin a bride-price,בְּמֹהַרbutכִּיin a hundredבְּמֵאָהforeskinsעָרְלוֹתof Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםto take vengeanceלְהִנָּקֵםon the enemiesבְּאֹיְבֵיof the king.’”הַמֶּלֶךְAnd Saulוְשָׁאוּלplannedחָשַׁבto bring downלְהַפִּילDavidאֶת דָּוִדby the handבְּיַדof the Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּים
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsdelight
What pleases someone.
Where else “chefets” appearsbride-price
Bride-price: the payment the bridegroom gave to the bride's family.
Where else “mohar” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appearsforeskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “arlot” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsavenge
Avenge: make someone pay for the wrong done; take vengeance.
Where else “hinakem” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearsdevise
To devise a plan or a design, good or bad.
Where else “chashav” appearscast lots
To make fall; throw lots.
Where else “hapil” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsThe “bride-price” was what the bridegroom gave to the bride’s family (Genesis 34:12; Exodus 22:16-17). The foreskins were the proof of having killed Philistines, who were not circumcised.
24The servants of Saul told him, saying, “Words like these David spoke.”
25 · This verse (above)
26His servants told David these words, and the thing was right in the eyes of David to become son-in-law to the king. And the days had not yet been fulfilled,
