1 Samuel 18:26

“His 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,”

1 Samuel 18:26 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 18:26, word by word

His servantsעֲבָדָיavaday

servant

Someone who works for another, or a king's official.

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toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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Davidדָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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was rightיִּשַׁרyishar

seem right

To seem good to someone.

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in the eyesעֵינֵיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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to become son-in-lawהִתְחַתֵּןhitchaten

intermarry

To become another's family by means of a marriage.

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to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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And the daysיָּמִיםyamim

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

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been fulfilledמָלְאוּmalu

fill

To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.

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The context

25Saul 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.

26 · This verse (above)

27when David arose and went, he and his men, and struck among the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, to become son-in-law to the king. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

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