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

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֣יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2בְּבוֹאָ֗םH935And it came to pass as they cameto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
3בְּשׁ֤וּבH7725was returnedto turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
4דָּוִד֙H1732when Daviddavid, the youngest son of jesse
5מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹתH5221from the slaughterto strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
6אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יH6430of the Philistinea pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
8וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָהH3318came outto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
9הַנָּשִׁ֜יםH802that the womena woman
10מִכָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11עָרֵ֤יH5892of all citiesa city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
12יִשְׂרָאֵל֙H3478of Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
13לָשִׁ֣ורH7891singingto sing
14וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹתH4246and dancinga dance
15לִקְרַ֖אתH7125to meetan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
16שָׁא֣וּלH7586Saulshaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
17הַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428kinga king
18בְּתֻפִּ֥יםH8596with tabretsa tambourine
19בְּשִׂמְחָ֖הH8057with joyblithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
20וּבְשָֽׁלִשִֽׁים׃H7991and with instrumentsa 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...

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