1 Samuel 18:17
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And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
In other translations
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586אֶל־'el-toH413דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732הִנֵּהhinehhere!H2009בִתִּיvitidaughter myH1323הַגְּדוֹלָהhagedolah<the> elderH1419מֵרַבmeravMerabH4764אֹתָהּ'otah<obj.> herH853אֶתֶּן־'eten-I will giveH5414לְךָlekhato <the> youלְאִשָּׁהle'ishahto a wifeH802אַךְ'akhonlyH389הֱיֵה־heyeh-becomeH1961לִּיliof meלְבֶן־leven-<into> a son ofH1121חַיִלchayilstrengthH2428וְהִלָּחֵםvehilachemand fightH3898מִלְחֲמוֹתmilchamot[the] battles ofH4421יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְשָׁאוּלvesha'uland SaulH7586אָמַר'amarhe saidH559אַל־'al-may notH408תְּהִיtehiit beH1961יָדִיyadihand myH3027בּוֹboon <the> himוּתְהִי־utehi-and let it beH1961בוֹvoon <the> himיַד־yad-[the] hand ofH3027פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃ סpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430
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