King James Version

1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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וַתֹּ֧רֶדvatoredand bring downיָרַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and bring down”, the next action in the storyH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…מִיכַ֛לmikhalMichalמִיכָלnoun, proper name — “Michal”H4324Mikal, Saul's daughterMichal.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).דָּוִ֖דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.בְּעַ֣דbeadat byבְּעַדpreposition — “at by”H1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.about, at by (means of), for, over, through, up (-on), within.הַחַלּ֑וֹןhachalonthe windowחַלּוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the window”, the ordinary formH2474a window (as perforated)window.וַיֵּ֥לֶךְvayelekhand carryיָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and carry”, the next action in the storyH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…וַיִּבְרַ֖חvayivrachand fleeבָּרַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and flee”, the next action in the storyH1272to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenlychase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.וַיִּמָּלֵֽטvayimaletand escapeמָלַטconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and escape”, the next action in the storyH4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparksdeliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] surely.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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American Standard Version (1901)

So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Michal causeth David to go down through the window, and he goeth on, and fleeth, and escapeth;

World English Bible

So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.

Darby Translation

And Michal let David down through a window; and he went, and fled and escaped.

Douay-Rheims

She let him down through a window. And he went and fled away and escaped.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

So Michal let David down through the window; and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

So Melchol lets David down by the window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατάγει ἡ Μελχὸλ τὸν Δαυὶδ διὰ τῆς θυρίδος, καὶ ἀπῆλθε καὶ ἔφυγε καὶ σώζεται.