וַיְהִ֣י1 of 20
H1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
בְּבוֹאָ֗ם2 of 20
“And it came to pass as they came”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בְּשׁ֤וּב3 of 20
“was returned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
דָּוִד֙4 of 20
“when David”
H1732david, the youngest son of jesse
מֵֽהַכּ֣וֹת5 of 20
“from the slaughter”
H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
אֶת6 of 20
H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י7 of 20
“of the Philistine”
H6430a pelishtite or inhabitant of pelesheth
וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה8 of 20
“came out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
הַנָּשִׁ֜ים9 of 20
“that the women”
H802a woman
מִכָּל10 of 20
H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
עָרֵ֤י11 of 20
“of all cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙12 of 20
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
לָשִׁ֣ור13 of 20
“singing”
H7891to sing
וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת14 of 20
“and dancing”
H4246a dance
לִקְרַ֖את15 of 20
“to meet”
H7125an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
שָׁא֣וּל16 of 20
“Saul”
H7586shaul, the name of an edomite and two israelites
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ17 of 20
“king”
H4428a king
בְּתֻפִּ֥ים18 of 20
“with tabrets”
H8596a tambourine
בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה19 of 20
“with joy”
H8057blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
וּבְשָֽׁלִשִֽׁים׃20 of 20
“and with instruments”
H7991a triple, i.e., (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e., the highest)