1 Samuel 18:23
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Berean Study Bible

But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

Young's Literal Translation

And the servants of Saul speak in the ears of David these words, and David saith, ‘Is it a light thing in your eyes to be son-in-law to the king—and I a poor man, and lightly esteemed?’

King James Bible

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you [a] light [thing] to be a king's son in law, seeing that I [am] a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

Hebrew
But when Saul's
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

servants
עַבְדֵ֤י (‘aḇ·ḏê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

relayed these
הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

words
הַדְּבָרִ֖ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to David,
דָוִ֔ד (ḏā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

he
דָּוִ֗ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

replied,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Does it seem trivial
הַֽנְקַלָּ֤ה (han·qal·lāh)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

in your sight
בְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ (ḇə·‘ê·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

to be the son-in-law
הִתְחַתֵּ֣ן (hiṯ·ḥat·tên)
Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2859: To give, away in marriage, to contract affinity by marriage

of the king?
בַּמֶּ֔לֶךְ (bam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

I
וְאָנֹכִ֖י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

am a poor
רָ֥שׁ (rāš)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7326: To be in want or poor

man
אִֽישׁ־ (’îš-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and lightly esteemed.”
וְנִקְלֶֽה׃ (wə·niq·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7034: To be lightly esteemed or dishonored

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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