Merab (female first name)

Merab ( מֵרַב merav ) is a female Hebrew given name .

Mention in the Bible

In the 1st book of Samuel , Merab is the name of Saul's older daughter .

Saul offers Merab David to the wedding ( 1 Sam 17.26 EU }). However, this refuses. It can be assumed that this is a "service marriage" and that David does not want to enter into such a subordinate relationship with Saul.

Merab finally marries Adriel from Mehola ( 1 Sam 18.19 EU ). In terms of textual criticism, it should be noted here that some text witnesses prove the defense of the children of Merab ( Mefiboschet / Meribaal and Armoni) by Rizpah ( 2 Sam 21.8 EU }) (e.g. Masoretic text ). However, some text witnesses give Michal as the mother (e.g. Septuagint ).

literature

Layton C. Scott: The Hebrew Personal Name Merab: Its Etymology and Meaning . In: Journal of Semitic Studies 38: 2, 1993, pp. 193-207.
Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. 5th edition, Stuttgart 1997.

Individual evidence

↑ Ina Willi-Plein: 1.Sam 18-19 and the Davidshaus history, in: David and Saul im Widerstreit-Diachronie and Synchronie im Wettstreit. Contributions to the interpretation of the first Samuel book, Walter Dietrich (Ed.), 2004, Göttingen, p. 150.

[1] Ina Willi-Plein: 1.Sam 18-19 and the Davidshaus history, in: David and Saul im Widerstreit-Diachronie and Synchronie im Wettstreit. Contributions to the interpretation of the first Samuel book, Walter Dietrich (Ed.), 2004, Göttingen, p. 150.