Study it in the app“David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, saying, “Give me my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.””
DavidדָּוִדsentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלIsh-boshethאִישׁ בֹּשֶׁתsonבֶּןof Saul,שָׁאוּלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Give meתְּנָהmy wife,אִשְׁתִּיMichal,מִיכַלwhomאֲשֶׁרI betrothedאֵרַשְׂתִּיto myselfלִיfor a hundredבְּמֵאָהforeskinsעָרְלוֹתof the Philistines.”פְּלִשְׁתִּים
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearsIsh-bosheth
Ish-bosheth, a son of Saul whom Abner made king over Israel after his father's death (2 Samuel 2-4). The name means "man of shame"; in 1 Chronicles 8:33 he is called Eshbaal.
Where else “ish” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “ishti” appearsMichal
Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul and wife of David (1 Samuel 14:49; 18:27).
Where else “michal” appearsbetroth
Betroth: a firm agreement made before the wedding.
Where else “erasti” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appearsforeskin
The skin cut in circumcision.
Where else “arlot” 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 “pelishtim” appearsSee 1 Samuel 18:25-27; Saul had afterward given her to another man (1 Samuel 25:44, where he is called Palti).
13He said, “Good; I will make a covenant with you. Only one thing I ask of you, namely: you will not see my face unless you first bring Michal the daughter of Saul when you come to see my face.”
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15Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel son of Laish.
