| 27. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) 1 Samuel 18:27:1 ⧉וַיָּ֨קָםvayakamand he arose 1 Samuel 18:27:2 ⧉דָּוִ֜דdavidDavid 1 Samuel 18:27:3 ⧉וַיֵּ֣לֶךְvayelekhand he went 1 Samuel 18:27:4 ⧉ה֣וּאhuhe 1 Samuel 18:27:5 ⧉וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יוvaanashavand his men 1 Samuel 18:27:6 ⧉וַיַּ֣ךְvayakhand he struck 1 Samuel 18:27:7 ⧉בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮bapelishitimamong the Philistines 1 Samuel 18:27:8 ⧉מָאתַ֣יִםmatayimtwo hundred 1 Samuel 18:27:9 ⧉אִישׁ֒ishmen 1 Samuel 18:27:10 ⧉וַיָּבֵ֤אvayaveand he brought 1 Samuel 18:27:11 ⧉דָוִד֙davidDavid 1 Samuel 18:27:12 ⧉אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔םetarlotehemthe foreskins of them 1 Samuel 18:27:13 ⧉וַיְמַלְא֣וּםvayemalumand they filled them 1 Samuel 18:27:14 ⧉לַמֶּ֔לֶךְlamelekhto the king 1 Samuel 18:27:15 ⧉לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ןlehitkhatento become son-in-law 1 Samuel 18:27:16 ⧉בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְbamelekhwith the king 1 Samuel 18:27:17 ⧉וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹvayittenloand he gave to him 1 Samuel 18:27:18 ⧉שָׁא֛וּלshaulSaul 1 Samuel 18:27:19 ⧉אֶת־מִיכַ֥לetmikhalMichal 1 Samuel 18:27:20 ⧉בִּתּ֖וֹbittohis daughter 1 Samuel 18:27:21 ⧉לְאִשָּֽׁה׃סleishafor a wife |
| 27. Formal Translation And David rose up and went out with his men, struck down two hundred Philistine soldiers, and brought their foreskins to present in full to the king for the marriage. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as a wife. |
| 27. Dynamic Translation David got up and went out with his men and killed two hundred Philistine soldiers. He brought back their foreskins and counted out the full number for the king so that he could marry the king’s daughter. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal as his wife. |