Study it in the app“David said to Michal, “Before YHWH, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to command me to be leader over the people of YHWH, over Israel, before YHWH I will celebrate.”
DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMichal,מִיכַל“BeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרchoseבָּחַרmeבִּיaboveמֵyour fatherאָבִיךְand aboveוּמִallכָּלhis house,בֵּיתוֹto commandלְצַוֺּתmeאֹתִיto beleaderנָגִידoverעַלthe peopleעַםof YHWH,יְהוָהoverעַלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלbeforeוְ לִפְנֵיYHWHיְהוָהI will celebrate.שִׂחַקְתִּי
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsMichal
Michal, the younger daughter of King Saul and wife of David (1 Samuel 14:49; 18:27).
Where else “michal” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearselect
God picks out his people, a place or a king.
Where else “bachar” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appearscharge
To charge someone with something.
Where else “tsavot” appearsleader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” 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” appearsmake merry
To make merry with music and dance.
Where else “sichakti” appears20David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel has honored himself today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the slave women of his servants, as one of the empty ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 · This verse (above)
22And I will make myself contemptible even more than this, and I will be low in my own eyes; but with the slave women of whom you have spoken, with them I will be honored.”
