Lexical Definition

‎מִיכָל‎ Mîykâl (me-kawl') Michal ^N:N-F-P
apparently the same as ‎מִיכָל‎; revulet

Michal.

• § Michal = "who is like God"
• Mikal, Saul's daughter

1) 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

Extended Information

spelling of: מֵרָב

• A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49
• daughter of: Saul (שָׁאוּל) and Ahinoam (אֲחִינֹעַם); married to Adriel (עַדְרִיאֵל)
• sister of: Jonathan (יְהוֹנָתָן), Abinadab (אֲבִינָדָב), Malchi-shua (מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ) and Michal (מִיכָל)
• half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת), Armoni (אַרְמֹנִי) and Mephibosheth (מְפִיבֹשֶׁת)
• Another spelling of me.rav (‎מ‎ֵ‎ר‎ָ‎ב‎ "Merab" מֵרָב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִיכַל‎ proper name, feminine (according to Ol^{§ 277 f.}, contracted from ‎מִיכָאֵל‎): — younger daughter of Saul, wife of David (ᵐ5 Μελχολ), 1Sam 14:49; 1Sam 18:20; 1Sam 18:27; 1Sam 18:28; 1Sam 19:11; 1Sam 19:12; 1Sam 19:13; 1Sam 19:17 (twice in verse); 1Sam 25:44; 2Sam 3:13; 2Sam 3:14; 2Sam 6:16 = 1Chr 15:29; 2Sam 6:20; 2Sam 6:21; 2Sam 6:23 also 2Sam 21:8 (ᵐ5 Μιχολ), but error for ‎מֵרַב‎ (ᵐ5^L Μεροβ). ‎מַ֫יִם‎ see ‎מַי‎

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