1st Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, Lo! mine elder daughter Merab, I shall give her for a wife to thee; only be thou a strong man, and fight thou the Lord’s battles. Forsooth Saul areckoned, and said, Mine hand be not in him, but the hand of Philistines be on him.This verse in the real world
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- מֵרָבMêrâbMerab, a daughter of Saul
- לָחַםlâchamto feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- חַיִלchayilprobably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor
- פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
- מִלְחָמָהmilchâmâha battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
- שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlgreat (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.