מֵרָבMêrâb
proper name, feminine: elder daughter of Saul (1 Samuel 14:49; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 21:8)
Pronunciation: may-rawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4764
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 14:49 Saul’s sons included Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malkishua. He also had two daughters: Merab, who was older, and Michal.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my older daughter, Merab, as your wife. But first you must prove yourself to be a real warrior by fighting the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “I’ll send him out against the Philistines and let them kill him rather than doing it myself.”
- 1 Samuel 18:19 So when the time came for Saul to give his daughter Merab in marriage to David, he gave her instead to Adriel, a man from Meholah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).