H9005–/ל–l

Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you as wife: only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh's battles. For Saul said, Don't let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.

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

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

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “of the”

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

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

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

לְשָׁא֔וּל (לְ) le. “to”

Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

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

Saul commanded his servants, [ergänzt: saying], Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

The servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David.

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

Saul said, Thus shall you tell David, The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now 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”

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

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

and David arose and went, he and his men, and killed 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. Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

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

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

לֵרֹ֛א (לֵ) le. “to”

Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

לְהָמִ֖ית (לְ) le. “to”

Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:

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 you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.

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

Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Don't let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you:

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

for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

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

Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.

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

There was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

לִֽהְי֑וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”

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

לְהַכּ֤וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning: and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you don't save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.

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

When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.

לָקַ֣חַת (לָ) la. “to”

Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.

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

Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me thus, and let my enemy go, so that he is escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?

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. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

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

It was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.

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