2 Samuel 3:14
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
מֲלְאָךְ
mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת
ʼÎysh-Bôsheth
Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נָצַל
nâtsal
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
μνηστεύω
mnēsteúō
to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. betroth
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
Key Terms in This Verse
μνηστεύω mnēsteúō
to give a souvenir (engagement present), i.e. betroth
Study G3423 →מֲלְאָךְ mălʼâk
a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
Study H4397 →Cross References
Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s...
And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the...
Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
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