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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 my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.'

לְךָ֣ (לְ) le. “to <the>”לְאִשָּׁ֔ה (לְ) le. “to”לִּ֣י (לִּ֣) l “of”לְבֶן־ (לְ) le. “<into>”

And David said unto Saul: 'Who am I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?'

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “of the”

But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

לְדָוִ֑ד (לְ) le. “to”לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל (לְ) le. “to”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

לְשָׁא֔וּל (לְ) le. “to”

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 through the one of the twain.'

לּוֹ֙ (לּ) l “to <the>”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “for <the>”לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ (לְ) le. “<into>”

And Saul commanded his servants: 'Speak with David secretly, and say: Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And Saul said: 'Thus shall ye say to David: The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies.' For Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

לְדָוִ֗ד (לְ) le. “to”לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (לַ) la. “[belongs] to the”לְהִנָּקֵ֖ם (לְ) le. “to”לְהַפִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

לְדָוִד֙ (לְ) le. “to”לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”

and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife

לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to the”לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן (לְ) le. “to”ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “to <the>”לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.

לֵרֹ֛א (לֵ) le. “to”

And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David; but Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David.

לְהָמִ֖ית (לְ) le. “to”

And Jonathan told David, saying: 'Saul my father seeketh to slay thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself.

לְדָוִ֣ד (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַהֲמִיתֶ֑ךָ (לַ) la. “to”

And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will speak with my father of thee; and if I see aught, I will tell thee.'

לְיַד־ (לְ) le. “to”לָֽךְ׃ (לָֽ) La “to <the>”

And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his work hath been very good towards thee;

לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for <the>”

for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great victory for all Israel; thou sawest it, and didst rejoice; wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?'

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “for”וְלָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לְהָמִ֥ית (לְ) le. “by”

And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime.

לְדָוִ֔ד (לְ) le. “to”לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לְפָנָ֖יו (לְ) le. “<to>”

And there was war again; and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

לִֽהְי֑וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”

And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall; and David fled, and escaped that night.

לְהַכּ֤וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

And Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal David's wife told him, saying: 'If thou save not thy life to-night, to-morrow thou shalt be slain.'

לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ (לְ) le. “to”וְלַהֲמִית֖וֹ (לַ) la. “to”לְדָוִ֗ד (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'

לָקַ֣חַת (לָ) la. “to”

And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying: 'Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.'

לִרְא֥וֹת (לִ) li “to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לַהֲמִתֽוֹ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

And Saul said unto Michal: 'Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped?' And Michal answered Saul: 'He said unto me: Let me go; why should I kill thee?'

לָ֤מָּה (לָ֤) La. “<to>”לָמָ֥ה (לָ) la. “<to>”

Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to <the>”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “to <the>”

And it was told Saul, saying: 'Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.'

לְשָׁא֖וּל (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”