“And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.”
1 Samuel 18:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 18:1730 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
הִנֵּה֩hinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
בִתִּ֨/יbitiy
applenounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֤הhagədwōlāh
elderparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
מֵרַב֙mērab
MerabnounH4764
אֹתָ/הּ֙ʾōtāh
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֶתֶּןʾeten
addverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/ךָ֣ləkā
pron
לְ/אִשָּׁ֔הləʾišāh
womanpronH802
each · every · female · many ···
אַ֚ךְʾakə
alsoparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
הֱיֵהhĕyēh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִּ֣/יliy
pron
לְ/בֶןləben
sonpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חַ֔יִלḥayil
ablenounH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
וְ/הִלָּחֵ֖םwəhilāḥēm
devourconjH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
מִלְחֲמ֣וֹתmiləḥămwōt
battlenounH4421
fight · war
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/שָׁא֣וּלwəšāʾwl
SaulconjH7586
Shaul
אָמַ֗רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִ֤יtəhiy
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יָדִ/י֙yādiy
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
בּ֔/וֹbwō
pron
וּ/תְהִיwtəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ב֖/וֹbwō
pron
יַדyad
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽיםpəlišətiym
PhilistinenounH6430
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.