Hebrew Interlinear
1 Samuel 18:6 Interlinear
“ And it came to pass as they came was returned when David from the slaughter of the Philistine came out that the women of all cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet Saul king with tabrets with joy and with instruments”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְהִ֣י | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | בְּבוֹאָ֗ם | H935 | And it came to pass as they came | to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) |
| 3 | בְּשׁ֤וּב | H7725 | was returned | to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); |
| 4 | דָּוִד֙ | H1732 | when David | david, the youngest son of jesse |
| 5 | מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת | H5221 | from the slaughter | to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) |
| 6 | אֶת | H853 | properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | |
| 7 | הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י | H6430 | of the Philistine | a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth |
| 8 | וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה | H3318 | came out | to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim |
| 9 | הַנָּשִׁ֜ים | H802 | that the women | a woman |
| 10 | מִכָּל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 11 | עָרֵ֤י | H5892 | of all cities | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 12 | יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | H3478 | of Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 13 | לָשִׁ֣ור | H7891 | singing | to sing |
| 14 | וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת | H4246 | and dancing | a dance |
| 15 | לִקְרַ֖את | H7125 | to meet | an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) |
| 16 | שָׁא֣וּל | H7586 | Saul | shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites |
| 17 | הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ | H4428 | king | a king |
| 18 | בְּתֻפִּ֥ים | H8596 | with tabrets | a tambourine |
| 19 | בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה | H8057 | with joy | blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival) |
| 20 | וּבְשָֽׁלִשִֽׁים׃ | H7991 | and with instruments | a triple, i.e., (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e., the highest) |
Verse Context
1 Samuel 18:5went out And David sent and Saul...
1 Samuel 18:6 (current) And it came to pass as they came was returned when David from the slaughter of the Philistine came out that the women of all cities of Israel singing and dancing to meet Saul king with tabrets with joy and with instruments
1 Samuel 18:7answered And the women one another as they played and said hath slain Saul...