1 Samuel 18:19 — compare English translations
Compare translations1 Samuel 18:19 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיְהִ֗י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
בְּעֵ֥ת
ʻêth
H6256
time
תֵּ֛ת
nâthan
H5414
to give
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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מֵרַ֥ב
Mêrâb
H4764
Merab
בַּת
bath
H1323
daughter
שָׁא֖וּל
Shâʼûwl
H7586
Saul
לְדָוִ֑ד
Dâvid
H1732
David
וְהִ֧יא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
נִתְּנָ֛ה
nâthan
H5414
to give
לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל
ʻAdrîyʼêl
H5741
Adriel
הַמְּחֹלָתִ֖י
Mᵉchôlâthîy
H4259
Meholathite
לְאִשָּֽׁה
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And it happened, at the time to give Merab, the daughter of Saul to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).