1 Samuel 18:27

“when 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.”

1 Samuel 18:27 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 18:27, word by word

when Davidדָּוִדdavid

David

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

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aroseיָּקָםyakam

rise

To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.

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and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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and struckיַּךְyach

strike dead

To strike dead, kill.

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among the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

Philistines

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.

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two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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broughtיָּבֵאyave

bring

To bring something or someone.

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their foreskinsעָרְלֹתֵיarlote

foreskin

The skin cut in circumcision.

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and they counted them out in fullיְמַלְאוּyemalu

fill

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

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to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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to become son-in-lawהִתְחַתֵּןhitchaten

intermarry

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

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And Saulשָׁאוּלshaul

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".

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gaveיִּתֶּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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Michalמִיכַלmichal

Michal

Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul and wife of David (1 Samuel 14:49; 18:27).

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his daughterבִּתּbit

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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as wifeאִשָּׁהisha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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The context

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,

27 · This verse (above)

28Saul saw and knew that YHWH was with David, and Michal, daughter of Saul, loved him.

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