2 Samuel

2 Samuel 3:14

¹⁴Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֔ים	mal·’ā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4397 messenger
to say	לֵאמֹ֑ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Ish-bosheth	בֹּ֥שֶׁת	bō·šeṯ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H378 Ishbosheth
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Saul	שָׁא֖וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
Give	תְּנָ֤ה	tə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
me	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Direct object marker	H853 mark of the accusative
back my wife	אִשְׁתִּי֙	’iš·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H802 woman, wife, female
Michal	מִיכַ֔ל	mî·ḵal	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4324 Mikal
whom	אֲשֶׁר֙	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I betrothed	אֵרַ֣שְׂתִּי	’ê·raś·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H781 betroth
to myself	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
for a hundred	בְּמֵאָ֖ה	bə·mê·’āh	Preposition-b; Number - feminine singular	H3967 hundred
Philistine	פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
foreskins	עָרְל֥וֹת	‘ā·rə·lō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H6190 foreskin

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.