“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
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
הִנֵּה֩hinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
בִתִּ֨/יbitiy
daughter mynounH1323
branch · company · daughter · first ···
הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֤הhagədwōlāh
elderparticleH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
מֵרַב֙mērab
MerabnounH4764
אֹתָ/הּ֙ʾōtāh
herparticleH853
אֶתֶּןʾeten
I will giveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
לְ/ךָ֣ləkā
pron
לְ/אִשָּׁ֔הləʾišāh
to a wifepronH802
each · every · female · many ···
אַ֚ךְʾakə
onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
הֱיֵהhĕyēh
becomeverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לִּ֣/יliy
pron
לְ/בֶןləben
a son ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
חַ֔יִלḥayil
strengthnounH2428
activity · army · band of men · company ···
וְ/הִלָּחֵ֖םwəhilāḥēm
and fightconjH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
מִלְחֲמ֣וֹתmiləḥămwōt
the battles ofnounH4421
fight · war
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וְ/שָׁא֣וּלwəšāʾwl
and SaulconjH7586
Shaul
אָמַ֗רʾāmar
he saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּהִ֤יtəhiy
it beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
יָדִ/י֙yādiy
hand mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
בּ֔/וֹbwō
pron
וּ/תְהִיwtəhiy
and let it beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
ב֖/וֹbwō
pron
יַדyad
the hand ofnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽיםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
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.
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