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The messengersהַמַּלְאָכִיםcame in,וַיָּבֹאוּand look,וְהִנֵּהthe teraphimהַתְּרָפִיםwere onאֶלthe bed,הַמִּטָּהand the weaveוּכְבִירof goats’ hairהָעִזִּיםat its head.מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו
1 Samuel 19:16
Study it in the app“The messengers came in, and look, the teraphim were on the bed, and the weave of goats’ hair at its head.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 19:16, word by word
- The messengersמַּלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- came inיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- the teraphimתְּרָפִיםterafim
household gods
Teraphim: images of gods kept in the home. The Bible counts them among idols (1 Samuel 15:23; Zechariah 10:2).
Where else “terafim” appears- the bedמִּטָּהmita
bed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mita” appears- and the weaveכְבִירchevir
woven thing
Something woven or plaited: a net, a cover or a pillow of goats' hair. It appears only in 1 Samuel 19:13, 16 and its exact sense is not certain.
Where else “chevir” appears- of goats’ hairעִזִּיםizim
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “izim” appears- at its headמְרַאֲשֹׁתָיmeraashotay
at the head
The place at someone's head where they sleep.
Where else “meraashotay” appears
The context
15Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up in the bed to me, to put him to death.”
16 · This verse (above)
17Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let go my enemy, so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go; why should I put you to death?’”