Study it in the app“And it came about, as they came, when David returned from striking the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel to sing, with dances, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.”
And it came about,וַיְהִיas they came,בְּבוֹאָםwhen Davidבְּ דָּוִדreturnedשׁוּבfrom strikingמֵהַכּוֹתthe Philistine,אֶת הַפְּלִשְׁתִּיthat the womenוַ הַנָּשִׁיםcame outתֵּצֶאנָהof allמִכָּלthe citiesעָרֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלto sing,לָשִׁירwith dances,וְהַמְּחֹלוֹתto meetלִקְרַאתKingהַמֶּלֶךְSaul,שָׁאוּלwith tambourines,בְּתֻפִּיםwith joy,בְּשִׂמְחָהand with three-stringed instruments.וּבְשָׁלִשִׁים
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “voa” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hakot” 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 “pelishti” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetsena” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssing
To give voice to a melody, to praise YHWH or to celebrate.
Where else “shir” appearsdance
Dance in a ring.
Where else “mecholot” appearsmeet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerat” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsSaul
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” appearstambourine
Tambourine: a small hand drum.
Where else “tupim” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appearsthree-stringed instrument
A musical instrument, perhaps with three strings.
Where else “shalishim” appearsThe last word comes from “three” and names a musical instrument that is not known with certainty: it may have three strings, three sides (a triangle), or three rods.
5David went out; wherever Saul sent him, he acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.
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7The women who were making merry answered and said, “Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads.”
