1 Samuel 14:49

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל יוֹנָתָ֥ן וְיִשְׁוִ֖י וּמַלְכִּי־שׁ֑וּעַ וְשֵׁם֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו שֵׁ֤ם הַבְּכִירָה֙ מֵרַ֔ב וְשֵׁ֥ם הַקְּטַנָּ֖ה מִיכַֽל׃

Transliteration

And-were wayyihyû sons-of bənê šāʾûl yônātān and-wəyišwî and-ûmalkî-šûaʿ and-name-of wəšēm two-of šətê his-daughters bənōtāyw name-of šēm the-firstborn habbəkîrāh mērab and-name-of wəšēm the-younger haqqəṭannāh mîkal

Grammar Details

• *wayyihyû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - and were
• *bənê*: common noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
• *šāʾûl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
• *yônātān*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jonathan
• *wəyišwî*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular - and Ishvi
• *ûmalkî*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine singular construct - and Malchi
• *šûaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Shua
• *wəšēm*: conjunction + common noun, masculine singular construct - and name of
• *šətê*: cardinal number, feminine construct - two of
• *bənōtāyw*: common noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his daughters
• *šēm*: common noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *habbəkîrāh*: adjective, feminine singular with definite article - the firstborn
• *mērab*: proper noun, feminine singular - Merab
• *haqqəṭannāh*: adjective, feminine singular with definite article - the younger/smaller
• *mîkal*: proper noun, feminine singular - Michal

Word Meanings

• *haqqəṭannāh*: the younger/the smaller/the youngest

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 31:2 : 2 And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
• 1 Chr 8:33 : 33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
• 1 Chr 9:39 : 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
• 2 Sam 6:20-23 : 20 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! 21 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. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
• 2 Sam 3:13-16 : 13 And 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. 14 And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. 15 And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. 16 And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
• 1 Sam 18:7-9 : 7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. 10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. 11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. 12 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. 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. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 15 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. 18 And 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? 19 But 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. 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And 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 in the one of the twain.
• 1 Sam 25:44 : 44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.