H4324 H4324
Michal: the younger daughter of King Saul and first wife of David.
A personal name borne by King Saul's younger daughter, who loved David and became his wife (1 Sam 18:20, 27-28). Michal famously helped David escape Saul's assassins by lowering him through a window and placing a household idol in his bed (1 Sam 19:11-17). After Saul gave her to Palti ben Laish (1 Sam 25:44), David later demanded her return as a condition of alliance with Abner (2 Sam 3:13-14). The name is likely a contracted form of Michael, meaning 'Who is like God?' Her story ends in estrangement after she despised David's dancing before the ark (2 Sam 6:16-23). The Septuagint renders the name as Melchol.
Senses
1. Michal (personal name) — The proper feminine name of Saul's younger daughter who married David out of genuine love (1 Sam 18:20). She functions as a pivotal figure in the David-Saul conflict, aiding David's escape (1 Sam 19:11-13) and later becoming a political pawn (1 Sam 25:44; 2 Sam 3:13-14). Her final scene, despising David's ecstatic worship before the ark (2 Sam 6:16-23), closes her narrative arc with ironic distance. Multilingual glosses uniformly transliterate the name: Spanish 'Mical,' French 'Mical,' German 'Michal.' 18×
AR["ميكالَ", "مِيكَال", "مِيكَالَ", "مِيكَالُ", "وَ-مِيكَال", "وَ-مِيكَالُ", "وَلِ-مِيكَالَ", "وَمِيكَالُ"]·ben["আর-মীখল", "আর-মীখলের", "এবং-মীখল", "ও-মীখল", "মীখল", "মীখলকে", "মীখলের"]·DE["Michal", "Mikal", "Mikhal", "[ומיכל]", "und-Michal", "und-Mikhal", "und-zu-Michal"]·EN["Michal", "Mikal", "Mikhal", "and-Michal", "and-Mikhal", "and-to-Michal"]·FR["Mical", "Michal", "Mikal", "[ומיכל]", "et-Mical", "et-Michal", "et-à-Michal"]·heb["ו-ל-מיכל", "ו-מיכל", "מיכל"]·HI["और-मिकल", "और-मीकल", "और-मीकल-को", "मिकल", "मिकल-ने", "मिकल-से", "मीकल", "मीकल-के"]·ID["Mikhal", "dan-Mikhal", "yang"]·IT["Mical", "Mikal", "Mikhal", "[ומיכל]", "e-Mical", "e-Mikhal", "e-a-Mical"]·jav["Lan-Mikhal", "Mikal", "Mikhal", "lan-Mikal", "lan-Mikhal"]·KO["그-와-미갈", "그리고-미갈이", "그리고-에게-미갈", "미갈", "미갈을", "미갈이"]·PT["E-para-Mikal", "Mikal", "Mikhal", "e-Mikal", "e-Mikhal"]·RU["Михал", "Михали", "Михаль", "и-Михаль", "и-у-Михаль"]·ES["Mical", "Mijal", "Mikal", "Y-para-Mikal", "y-Mikal"]·SW["Mikali", "na-Mikali"]·TR["Mikal", "Mikal'ı", "Mikal'ın", "Mikal-a", "Mikal-ı", "ve-Mikal", "ve-Mikal'a"]·urd["اور-میکل", "اور-میکل-کو", "میکل", "میکل-نے", "میکل-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מִיכַל n.pr.f. (according to Ol§ 277 f.; contr. from מִיכָאֵל):—younger daughter of Saul, wife of David (𝔊 Μελχολ), 1 S 14:49; 18:20, 27, 28; 19:11, 12, 13, 17(×2); 25:44 2 S 3:13, 14; 6:16 = 1 Ch 15:29, 2 S 6:20, 21, 23; also 21:8 (𝔊 Μιχολ), but error for מֵרַב (𝔊L Μεροβ).