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1 Samuel 18:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.


1 Samuel 18:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 18:621 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְּ/בוֹאָ֗/םbəbwōʾām
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בְּ/שׁ֤וּבbəšwb
((breakpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
דָּוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
מֵ/הַכּ֣וֹתmēhakwōt
beatpronH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יhapəlišətiy
PhilistineparticleH6430
וַ/תֵּצֶ֨אנָהwatēṣeʾnāh
appearconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
הַ/נָּשִׁ֜יםhanāšiym
womanparticleH802
each · every · female · many ···
מִ/כָּלmikāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
עָרֵ֤יʿārēy
AinounH5892
city · court · town
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
ל/שורlšwr
behold (by mistake forpronH7891
לָ/שִׁ֣ירlāšiyr
behold (by mistake forpronH7891
וְ/הַ/מְּחֹל֔וֹתwəhaməḥōlwōt
companyconjH4246
dances
לִ/קְרַ֖אתliqəraʾt
befallpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
שָׁא֣וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
בְּ/תֻפִּ֥יםbətupiym
tabretpronH8596
timbrel
בְּ/שִׂמְחָ֖הbəśiməḥāh
gladnesspronH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
וּ/בְ/שָׁלִשִֽׁיםwbəšālišiym
captainconjH7991
instrument of musick · lord · measure · prince ···
Words 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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