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The womenהַנָּשִׁיםwho were making merryהַמְשַׂחֲקוֹתansweredוַתַּעֲנֶינָהand said,וַתֹּאמַרְןָ“Saulשָׁאוּלhas struckהִכָּהhis thousands,בַּאֲלָפָיוand Davidוְדָוִדhis myriads.”בְּרִבְבֹתָיו
1 Samuel 18:7
Study it in the app“The women who were making merry answered and said, “Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 18:7, word by word
- The womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- who were making merryמְשַׂחֲקוֹתmesachakot
make merry
To make merry with music and dance.
Where else “mesachakot” appears- answeredתַּעֲנֶינָהtaanena
sing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “taanena” appears- and saidתֹּאמַרְןָtomarna
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomarna” appears- “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".
Where else “shaul” appears- has struckהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears- his thousandsאֲלָפָיalafay
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafay” appears- and Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- his myriadsרִבְבֹתָיrivvotay
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “rivvotay” appears
Translation note
“Answered”: they sang in turns, one group answering the other. A “myriad” is ten thousand.
The context
6And 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8Saul was greatly incensed, and this word was evil in his eyes; and he said, “They have given to David myriads, and to me they have given the thousands; and now for him there is only the kingdom!”