1 Samuel 25:44
Strong's Lexicon
But Saul
וְשָׁא֗וּל (wə·šā·’ūl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7586: Saul or Shaul = 'desired' 1) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel 2) an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah 3) a son of Simeon 4) a Levite, son of Uzziah

had given
נָתַ֛ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

his daughter
בִּתּ֖וֹ (bit·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1323: n f 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address n pr f 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character

Michal,
מִיכַ֥ל (mî·ḵal)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4324: Michal = 'who is like God' 1) daughter of king Saul, sister of Jonathan, wife of king David, and mother of five; given to David as wife for the bride price of 100 Philistine foreskins; while still married to David, her father gave her in marriage to another, Phaltiel; at the death of Saul, David forced her to return

David’s
דָּוִ֑ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David = 'beloved' 1) youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

wife,
אֵ֣שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

to Palti
לְפַלְטִ֥י (lə·p̄al·ṭî)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6406: Palti or Phalti = 'my deliverance' 1) son of Raphu, the spy chosen from the tribe of Benjamin 2) son of Laish, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David

son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

of Laish,
לַ֖יִשׁ (la·yiš)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3919: Laish = 'lion' n pr m 1) father of Phaltiel, the man to whom king Saul gave his daughter Michal in marriage even though she was already married to David n pr loc 2) an early name for Dan, a town in northern Israel 3) a place north of Jerusalem; site unknown

who [was]
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

from Gallim.
מִגַּלִּֽים׃ (mig·gal·lîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1554: Gallim = 'springs' 1) a place north of Jerusalem, home town of the man to whom Michal, Saul's daughter, David's wife, was given as wife by Saul even though she was already married to David

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

Young's Literal Translation
and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who [is] of Gallim.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim. 

New American Standard Bible
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

King James Bible
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which [was] of Gallim.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

New Living Translation
Saul, meanwhile, had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to a man from Gallim named Palti son of Laish.

English Standard Version
Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

New American Standard Bible
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

King James Bible
But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But Saul gave his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.

International Standard Version
Meanwhile, Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Laish's son Palti from Gallim.

NET Bible
(Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.)

American Standard Version
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

English Revised Version
Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the Son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

Young's Literal Translation
and Saul gave Michal his daughter, wife to David, to Phalti son of Laish, who is of Gallim.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 18:27
Wherefore 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 tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

2 Samuel 3:14
And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

Isaiah 10:30
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 25:43
David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

1 Samuel 25:42
And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.

1 Samuel 25:41
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

1 Samuel 26:1
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 26:2
Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26:3
And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
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