1 Samuel 14:50

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his host was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשֵׁם֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת שָׁא֔וּל אֲחִינֹ֖עַם בַּת־אֲחִימָ֑עַץ וְשֵׁ֤ם שַׂר־צְבָאוֹ֙ אֲבִינֵ֔ר בֶּן־נֵ֖ר דּ֥וֹד שָׁאֽוּל׃

Transliteration

And-name-of wəšēm wife-of ʾēšet šāʾûl ʾăḥînōʿam daughter-of bat-ʾăḥîmāʿaṣ and-name-of wəšēm commander-of śar-his-army ṣəbāʾô ʾăbînēr son-of ben-nēr uncle-of dôd šāʾûl

Grammar Details

*wəšēm*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and name of
*ʾēšet*: common noun, feminine singular construct - wife of
*šāʾûl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
*ʾăḥînōʿam*: proper noun, feminine singular - Ahinoam
*bat*: common noun, feminine singular construct - daughter of
*ʾăḥîmāʿaṣ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahimaaz
*śar*: common noun, masculine singular construct - commander of
*ṣəbāʾô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his army
*ʾăbînēr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abner
*ben*: common noun, masculine singular construct - son of
*nēr*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ner
*dôd*: common noun, masculine singular construct - uncle of

Word Meanings

*dôd*: uncle/relative/beloved one

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 2:8 : 8 Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
1 Sam 17:55 : 55 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

1 Sam 14:51
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51And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
1 Sam 14:49
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49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
2 Sam 3:6-8
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6And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong in the house of Saul.
7Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ish-bosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongeth to Judah? This day do I show kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David; and yet thou chargest me this day with a fault concerning this woman.
1 Sam 30:5
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5And David's two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
1 Sam 25:43-44
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43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
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2 Sam 2:8
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8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
1 Sam 17:55
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55And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
1 Sam 27:3
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3And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
1 Sam 18:17-22
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17And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
18And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and what is my life, [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?
19But it came to pass at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.
20And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
22And Saul commanded his servants, [saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.
1 Chr 2:29
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29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
1 Chr 8:33
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33And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
2 Sam 17:25
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25And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was Ithra the Israelite, that went in to Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
1 Chr 9:39
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39And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
2 Sam 3:2-3
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2And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
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2 Sam 2:2
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2So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Sam 2:12
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12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
1 Sam 22:14
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14Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into thy council, and is honorable in thy house?
1 Sam 17:57
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57And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1 Sam 22:11-12
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11Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
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13And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee: that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
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1 Kgs 4:15
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15Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife);
1 Sam 18:27-28
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27and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
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2 Sam 3:16
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1 Sam 31:2
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2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
2 Sam 3:30
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1 Chr 2:16
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1 Chr 3:1
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40And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.