2 Samuel 6:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then 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!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֥שָׁב דָּוִ֖ד לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ וַתֵּצֵ֞א מִיכַ֤ל בַּת־שָׁאוּל֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מַה־נִּכְבַּ֨ד הַיּ֜וֹם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִגְלָ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ לְעֵינֵי֙ אַמְה֣וֹת עֲבָדָ֔יו כְּהִגָּל֥וֹת נִגְל֖וֹת אַחַ֥ד הָרֵקִֽים׃

Transliteration

And yāšāb Dāwid to-bārēk ʾet-bêtô and tēṣēʾ Mîkal bat-Šāʾûl to-qirat Dāwid and tōʾmer how-nikbad the-yôm melek Yiśrāʾēl who niglāh the-day to-ʿênê ʾamhôt ʿăbādāyw as-higgālôt niglôt one the-rēqîm.

Grammar Details

• *yāšāb*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - he returned
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
• *bārēk*: Piel infinitive construct - to bless
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *bêtô*: masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his house
• *tēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - she went out
• *Mîkal*: proper noun - Michal
• *bat*: feminine singular construct - daughter of
• *Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
• *qirat*: feminine singular construct - meeting
• *tōʾmer*: Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - she said
• *nikbad*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was honored/glorious
• *yôm*: masculine singular with definite article - day
• *melek*: masculine singular construct - king of
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *niglāh*: Niphal perfect 3rd masculine singular - revealed himself
• *ʿênê*: feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *ʾamhôt*: feminine plural construct - maidservants of
• *ʿăbādāyw*: masculine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his servants
• *higgālôt*: Niphal infinitive construct - revealing
• *niglôt*: Niphal infinitive construct - revealing
• *rēqîm*: masculine plural with definite article - empty/worthless ones

Word Meanings

• *nikbad*: was honored/was glorious/was distinguished (sarcastic)
• *niglāh*: uncovered himself/exposed himself/revealed himself
• *higgālôt niglôt*: revealing reveals (emphatic construction)
• *rēqîm*: empty ones/worthless ones/vain fellows

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And 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 6:14 : 14 And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
• Judg 9:4 : 4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
• 1 Sam 19:23-24 : 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24 And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
• Gen 18:19 : 19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
• Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
• 2 Sam 6:18 : 18 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
• 1 Chr 16:43 : 43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
• Neh 4:3-4 : 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
• Job 30:8 : 8 [ They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
• Ps 30:1 : 1 A Psalm; a Song at the Dedication of the House. [A Psalm] of David. I will extol thee, O Jehovah; For thou hast raised me up, And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
• Ps 69:7-9 : 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; Shame hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, And an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
• Ps 101:2 : 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
• Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not.
• Mark 3:21 : 21 And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
• John 13:6 : 6 So he cometh to Simon Peter. {G2532} He saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
• 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
• Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but {G2758} emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; 8 and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, becoming obedient [even] unto death, yea, the death of the cross.