His servantsעֲבָדָיוtoldוַיַּגִּדוּDavidלְדָוִדtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords,אֶת הַדְּבָרִיםand the thingוַ הַדָּבָרwas rightיִּשַׁרin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Davidדָוִדto become son-in-lawלְהִתְחַתֵּןto the king.בַּמֶּלֶךְAnd the daysוְ הַיָּמִיםhad not yetלֹאbeen fulfilled,מָלְאוּ
1 Samuel 18:26
Study it in the app“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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 18:26, word by word
- His servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- was rightיִּשַׁרyishar
seem right
To seem good to someone.
Where else “yishar” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- to become son-in-lawהִתְחַתֵּןhitchaten
intermarry
To become another's family by means of a marriage.
Where else “hitchaten” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- And the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- been fulfilledמָלְאוּmalu
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “malu” appears
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.