1 Samuel 19:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

So Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּ֧רֶד מִיכַ֛ל אֶת־דָּוִ֖ד בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֑וֹן וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיִּבְרַ֖ח וַיִּמָּלֵֽט׃

Transliteration

And wattōreḏ Mîḵal ʾeṯ-Dāwid through the beʿaḏ haḥallôn; and wayyēleḵ and wayyiḇraḥ and wayyimmālēṭ.

Grammar Details

• *wattōreḏ*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - 'and she let down'
• *Mîḵal*: proper noun, feminine singular - 'Michal'
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular - 'David'
• *beʿaḏ*: preposition - 'through'
• *haḥallôn*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - 'the window'
• *wayyēleḵ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he went'
• *wayyiḇraḥ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he fled'
• *wayyimmālēṭ*: waw-consecutive + Niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he escaped'

Word Meanings

• *wattōreḏ*: let down/lowered
• *beʿaḏ*: through/out of
• *wayyēleḵ*: went/departed
• *wayyiḇraḥ*: fled/ran away
• *wayyimmālēṭ*: escaped/was delivered/got away safely

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then Michol let him downe thorow the wyndow, so that he wente his waye, fled, and escaped.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So Michal let Dauid downe through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And so Michol let Dauid downe through a windowe: and he went and fled, and was saued.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.

• World English Bible (2000)

  So Michal let David down through the window. He went, fled, and escaped.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 2:15 : 15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
• Acts 9:24-25 : 24 But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall in a basket.
• 2 Cor 11:32-33 : 32 In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me; 33 But I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and escaped from his hands.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.