1 Samuel

1 Samuel 18:6–7

⁶As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.^a ⁷And as the women danced, they sang out:

“Saul has slain his thousands,

and David his tens of thousands.”

Footnotes

a 18:6 Possibly three-stringed instruments or cymbals or lutes or lyres

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1 Samuel 18:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As the troops	וַיְהִ֣י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
were returning home	בְּשׁ֤וּב	bə·šūḇ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
after David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
had killed	מֵהַכּ֣וֹת	mê·hak·kō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5221 smite
the Philistine	הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י	hap·pə·liš·tî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6430 Philistine
the women	הַנָּשִׁ֜ים	han·nā·šîm	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
came out	וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה	wat·tê·ṣe·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H3318 go or come out
of all	מִכָּל־	mik·kāl	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the cities	עָרֵ֤י	‘ā·rê	Noun - feminine plural construct	H5892 excitement
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
to meet	לִקְרַ֖את	liq·raṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7122 encounter, befall
King	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ham·me·leḵ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
Saul	שָׁא֣וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
with singing	לָשׁוּר	lå̄·šūr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7891 sing
and dancing	וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת	wə·ham·mə·ḥō·lō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4246 id.
with joyful songs	בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה	bə·śim·ḥāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H8057 joy, gladness, mirth
and with tambourines	בְּתֻפִּ֥ים	bə·ṯup·pîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H8596 timbrel, tambourine
and other instruments	וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃	ū·ḇə·šā·li·šîm	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H7991 third

1 Samuel 18:7

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And as the women danced	הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹת	ham·śa·ḥă·qō·wṯ	Article; Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural	H7832 laugh
they sang out	וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה	wat·ta·‘ă·ne·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural	H6030 answer, respond
Saul	שָׁאוּל֙	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
has slain	הִכָּ֤ה	hik·kāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
thousands	בְּאַלְפּוֹ	bə·ʾal·pō	Preposition-b; Number - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H505 thousand
and David	וְדָוִ֖ד	wə·ḏā·wiḏ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
his tens of thousands	בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו׃	bə·riḇ·ḇō·ṯāw	Preposition-b; Number - feminine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand

Cross-references

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1 Samuel 18:6 Judges 11:34 · Exodus 15:20 · Psalm 68:25

1 Samuel 18:7 1 Samuel 21:11 · Exodus 15:21 · 1 Samuel 29:5 · Psalm 24:7–8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.