Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1961 [e] וַיְהִ֣י way-hî And it had happened Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 935 [e] בְּבוֹאָ֗ם bə-ḇō-w-’ām, as they were coming [home] Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf | 3mp 7725 [e] בְּשׁ֤וּב bə-šūḇ when was returning Prep-b | V-Qal-Inf 1732 [e] דָּוִד֙ dā-wiḏ David N-proper-ms 5221 [e] מֵהַכּ֣וֹת mê-hak-kō-wṯ from the slaughter Prep-m | V-Hifil-Inf 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- of DirObjM 6430 [e] הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔י hap-pə-liš-tî, the Philistine Art | N-proper-ms 3318 [e] וַתֵּצֶ֨אנָה wat-tê-ṣe-nāh that had come out Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fp 802 [e] הַנָּשִׁ֜ים han-nā-šîm the women Art | N-fp 3605 [e] מִכָּל־ mik-kāl of all Prep-m | N-msc 5892 [e] עָרֵ֤י ‘ā-rê the cities N-fpc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ yiś-rā-’êl of Israel N-proper-ms   [לשור] [lā-šō-wr - Preposition-l :: Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf   ḵ]   7891 [e] (לָשִׁ֣יר) (lā-šîr singing Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf   q)   4246 [e] וְהַמְּחֹל֔וֹת wə-ham-mə-ḥō-lō-wṯ, and dancing Conj-w, Art | N-fp 7122 [e] לִקְרַ֖את liq-raṯ to meet Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 7586 [e] שָׁא֣וּל šā-’ūl Saul N-proper-ms 4428 [e] הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ham-me-leḵ; King Art | N-ms 8596 [e] בְּתֻפִּ֥ים bə-ṯup-pîm with tambourines Prep-b | N-mp 8057 [e] בְּשִׂמְחָ֖ה bə-śim-ḥāh with joy Prep-b | N-fs 7991 [e] וּבְשָׁלִשִֽׁים׃ ū-ḇə-šā-li-šîm. and with musical instruments Conj-w, Prep-b | N-mp

New American Standard Bible
It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments.

King James Bible
And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As the troops were coming back, when David was returning from killing the Philistine, the women came out from all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul, singing and dancing with tambourines, with shouts of joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

Philistine. or, Philistines
the women

Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand…

Judges 11:34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter …

Psalm 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; …

Jeremiah 31:11-13 For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of …

instruments of music [heb] three stringed instruments. The origi- nal shalishim, is rendered by the Vulgate sistris. The sistrum was an ancient Egyptian instrument made of brass, with three, and sometimes more brass rods across; which, being loose in their holes, made a jingling noise when shaken.

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