1 Samuel 18:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and 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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ ׀ ה֣וּא וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו וַיַּ֣ךְ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ מָאתַ֣יִם אִישׁ֒ וַיָּבֵ֤א דָוִד֙ אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וַיְמַלְא֣וּם לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־מִיכַ֥ל בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wa-yāqom Dāwid and wa-yēlek he and his ʾănāšāyw, and wa-yak in the pəlištîm māʾtayim ʾîš. And wa-yābēʾ Dāwid ʾet-their ʿorlōtêhem, and wa-yəmalʾûm to the melek, to hitḥattēn with the melek. And wa-yittēn-to him Šāʾûl ʾet-Mîkal his bittô to ʾiššâ.

Grammar Details

*wa-yāqom*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he arose
*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*wa-yēlek*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and he went
*hû*: 3ms pronoun - he
*wa-ʾănāšāyw*: conjunction + masculine plural noun + 3ms suffix - and his men
*wa-yak*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3ms - and he struck
*ba-pəlištîm*: preposition + definite article + proper noun - among the Philistines
*māʾtayim*: masculine dual numeral - two hundred
*ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - men
*wa-yābēʾ*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect, 3ms - and he brought
*ʾet-ʿorlōtêhem*: direct object marker + feminine plural noun + 3mp suffix - their foreskins
*wa-yəmalʾûm*: conjunction + piel imperfect, 3mp + 3mp suffix - and they filled them/delivered in full number
*la-melek*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - to the king
*lə-hitḥattēn*: preposition + hithpael infinitive construct - to become related by marriage
*ba-melek*: preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - with the king
*wa-yittēn-lô*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms + preposition + 3ms suffix - and he gave to him
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*ʾet-Mîkal*: direct object marker + proper noun - Michal
*bittô*: feminine singular noun + 3ms suffix - his daughter
*lə-ʾiššâ*: preposition + feminine singular noun - for a wife

Word Meanings

*qûm*: arise/stand up/go forth
*hālak*: go/walk/depart
*ʾîš*: man/husband/person
*nākâ*: strike/kill/defeat
*pəlištîm*: Philistines
*bôʾ*: bring/carry/lead
*ʿorlâ*: foreskin
*mālēʾ*: fill/complete/deliver in full
*ḥātan*: become related by marriage/become a son-in-law
*melek*: king/ruler
*nātan*: give/place/put
*bat*: daughter
*ʾiššâ*: woman/wife

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Sam 3:14 : 14 And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
Judg 14:19 : 19 And the Spirit of Jehovah came mightily upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of raiment] unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
1 Sam 18:13 : 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

2 Sam 3:13-15
3 verses
87%
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.
14And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
15And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Paltiel the son of Laish.
1 Sam 18:16-26
11 verses
87%
16But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
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.
23And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
24And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
25And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;
1 Sam 18:28
79%
28And Saul saw and knew that Jehovah was with David; and Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.
1 Sam 25:43-44
2 verses
76%
43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.
44Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.
2 Sam 6:20
76%
20Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
1 Sam 17:25-26
2 verses
76%
25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Sam 17:57
74%
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 19:11-12
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73%
11And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou wilt be slain.
12So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Sam 18:5-7
3 verses
72%
5And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
6And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music.
7And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.
1 Sam 19:17
72%
17And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, so that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
1 Sam 24:4
72%
4And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the day of which Jehovah said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily.
1 Sam 18:30
72%
30Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much [ set by.]
1 Sam 27:2
72%
2And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 Sam 11:27
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27And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased Jehovah.
1 Chr 14:3
71%
3And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat more sons and daughters.
2 Sam 21:8
71%
8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
1 Sam 24:22
71%
22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the stronghold.
1 Sam 25:40
71%
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.
1 Sam 17:54
71%
54And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
1 Sam 14:49
71%
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:
1 Sam 22:14
70%
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 17:51
70%
51Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Chr 15:29
70%
29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Sam 5:13
70%
13And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
1 Sam 19:8
70%
8And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
2 Sam 11:4
70%
4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned unto her house.
2 Sam 6:16
70%
16And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Sam 6:23
70%
23And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
1 Sam 21:10
70%
10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Chr 18:1
69%
1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Sam 17:35
69%
35I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
1 Sam 17:31
69%
31And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
1 Sam 27:11
69%
11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.