“And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.”
2 Samuel 6:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 2 Samuel 6:2123 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִד֮dāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מִיכַל֒miykal
MichalnounH4324
לִ/פְנֵ֣יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָ֗הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בָּֽחַרbāḥar
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
בִּ֤/יbiy
pron
מֵֽ/אָבִי/ךְ֙mēʾābiykə
fatherpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וּ/מִ/כָּלwmikāl
all (mannerconjH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
בֵּית֔/וֹbēytwō
housenounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
לְ/צַוֺּ֨תləṣawōt
appointpronH6680
bid · charge · (give a · give in ···
אֹתִ֥/יʾōtiy
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נָגִ֛ידnāgiyd
captainnounH5057
chief · excellent thing · governor · leader ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַ֥םʿam
peoplenounH5971
men · nation · people
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/שִׂחַקְתִּ֖יwəśiḥaqətiy
derideconjH7832
have in derision · laugh · make merry · mock ···
לִ/פְנֵ֥יlipənēy
a- forepronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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.