1 Samuel 18:21
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And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
In other translations
And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586אֶתְּנֶנָּה'ettenenahI will give herH5414לּוֹloto <the> himוּתְהִי־utehi-so she may becomeH1961לוֹlofor <the> himלְמוֹקֵשׁlemokesh<into> a snareH4170וּתְהִי־utehi-so it may beH1961בוֹvoon <the> himיַד־yad-[the] hand ofH3027פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שָׁאוּלsha'ulSaulH7586אֶל־'el-toH413דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732בִּשְׁתַּיִםbishtayimin two [times]H8147תִּתְחַתֵּןtitchatenyou will be a son-in-lawH2859בִּיbito meהַיּוֹם׃haiyomthis dayH3117
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