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Merab

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4764

מֵרָב

me.rav — Merab

A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49; daughter of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); married to Adriel (H5741); sister of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444) and Michal (H4324); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: mi.khal (מִיכַל "Merab" H4324H) § Merab = "increase" the eldest daughter of king Saul; promised to David but given instead to Adriel the Meholathite; mother of 5 children

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7586

שָׁאוּל

sha.ul — Saul

A king of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.9.2; son of: Kish (H7027); married to Ahinoam (H0293) and Rizpah (H7532); father of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) § 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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4557

מִסְפָּר

mis.par — number

1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4324

מִיכַל

mi.khal — Michal

A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49; daughter of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); married to David (H1732) and Palti (H6406H); sister of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444) and Merab (H4764); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) § Michal = "who is like God" 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

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H378

אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת

ish-bo.shet — Ish-bosheth

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8; son of: Saul (H7586G); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: esh.ba.al (אֶשְׁבַּעַל "Eshbaal" H0792) § Ishbosheth = "man of shame" surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H293

אֲחִינֹ֫עַם

a.chi.no.am — Ahinoam

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Sa.14.50; daughter of: Ahimaaz (H0290); married to Saul (H7586G); mother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764) and Michal (H4324) § Ahinoam = "my brother is delight" 1) wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz 2) wife of David, mother of Amnon, a Jezreelitess

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4444

מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ

mal.ki.shu.a — Malchi-shua

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49; son of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Merab (H4764) and Michal (H4324); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) § Malchishua or Melchishua = "my king is wealth" a son of king Saul of Israel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5741

עַדְרִיאֵל

ad.ri.el — Adriel

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.18.19; son of: Barzillai (H1271H); married to Merab (H4764) § Adriel = "flock of God" son of Barzillai, and the man to whom Saul gave his daughter Merab in marriage although she was already promised to David

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H792

אֶשְׁבַּעַל

esh.ba.al — Eshbaal

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8; son of: Saul (H7586G); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) Another name of ish-bo.shet (אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת "Ish-bosheth" H0378) § Eshbaal = "a man of Baal" the fourth son of Saul, also called Ishbosheth

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H764

אַרְמֹנִי

ar.mo.ni — Armoni

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Sa.21.8; son of: Saul (H7586G) and Rizpah (H7532); brother of: Mephibosheth (H4648H); half-brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324) and Ish-bosheth (H0378) § Armoni = "one of the palace" a son of Saul

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Historical dictionary entry

Increase, the eldest of Saul’s two daughters (1 Sam. 14:49). She was betrothed to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement (18:2, 17, 19). She was at length, however, married to Adriel of Abel-Meholah, a town in the Jordan valley, about 10 miles south of Bethshean, with whom the house of Saul maintained alliance. She had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah (2 Sam. 21:8).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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