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1 Samuel 18:7

And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

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וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָהvataaneynahand shoutעָנָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and shout”, the next action in the storyH6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announcegive account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter,…הַנָּשִׁ֥יםhanashimthe eachאִשָּׁהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “the each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.הַֽמְשַׂחֲק֖וֹתhamsachaqotthe laughשָׂחַקdefinite article, verb, piel, participle, absolute — “the laugh”, a verb used as a describing wordH7832to laugh (in pleasure or detraction); by implication, to playderide, have in derision, laugh, make merry, mock(-er), play, rejoice, (laugh to) scorn, be in (make) sport.וַתֹּאמַ֑רְןָvatomarnaand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הִכָּ֤הhikahstrikeנָכָהverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “strike”, a completed actionH5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.שָׁאוּל֙shaulShaulשָׁאוּלnoun, proper name — “Shaul”H7586Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two IsraelitesSaul, Shaul.באלפוvlfvin thousandאֶלֶףpreposition, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in thousand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.בַּאֲלָפָ֔יוbaalafayvin thousandאֶלֶףpreposition, adjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in thousand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.וְדָוִ֖דvedavidand Davidדָּוִדconjunction, noun, proper name — “and David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיוberivvotayvin manyרְבָבָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in many”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7233abundance (in number), i.e. (specifically) a myriad (whether definite or indefinite)many, million, [idiom] multiply, ten thousand.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the women sang one to another in their play, and said: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the women answer — those playing, and say, 'Saul hath smitten among his thousands, And David among his myriads.'

World English Bible

The women sang to one another as they played, and said, “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.”

Darby Translation

And the women answered [one another] as they played, and said, Saul hath smitten his thousands, And David his ten thousands.

Douay-Rheims

And the women sung as they played, and they said: I Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the women sang one to another in their play, and said: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the women began the strain , and said, Saul has smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐξῆρχον αἱ γυναῖκες, καὶ ἔλεγον, ἐπάταξε Σαοὺλ ἐν χιλιάσιν αὐτοῦ, καὶ Δαυὶδ ἐν μυριάσιν αὐτοῦ.