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1 Samuel 18:18

Hebrew
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל שָׁא֗וּל מִ֤י אָֽנֹכִי֙ וּמִ֣י חַיַּ֔י מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת אָבִ֖י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי אֶהְיֶ֥הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigהָיָה

hebrew

The word הָיָה means “to exist” or “to be” or “to become” or “to come into being” and occurs 3561 times in the Old Testament.

This is the foundational verb of existence, identity, becoming and occurrence.

* It is used in the creation narrative of Genesis 1, represented by the English words Genesis 1:3Exodus 3:12Ruth 1:1Isaiah 2:2
חָתָ֖ן לַמֶּֽלֶךְ
ESV
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and who are my relatives, my father's clan in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
NIV
But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father's clan in Israel, that I should become the king's son-in-law?”
NLT
“Who am I, and what is my family in Israel that I should be the king's son-in-law?” David exclaimed. “My father's family is nothing!”
LXX
KJV
And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

1 Samuel 18:17 ← 1 Samuel 18:18 → 1 Samuel 18:19

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