“Now there was” | וַתְּהִ֤י | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | Now |
“long” | אֲרֻכָּ֔ה | Long | long |
“war” | הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ | A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) | war |
“between” | בֵּ֚ין | Between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or | between |
“the house” | בֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
“of Saul” | שָׁא֔וּל | Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites | Saul |
“and the house” | בֵּ֣ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
“of David:” | דָּוִ֑ד | David, the youngest son of Jesse | David |
“but David” | וְדָוִד֙ | David, the youngest son of Jesse | David |
“waxed” | הֹלֵ֣ךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | waxed |
“stronger and stronger,” | וְחָזֵ֔ק | Powerful | stronger stronger |
“and the house” | וּבֵ֥ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
“of Saul” | שָׁא֖וּל | Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites | Saul |
“waxed” | הֹֽלְכִ֥ים | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | waxed |
“weaker and weaker.” | וְדַלִּֽים׃ | Properly, dangling, i.e., (by implication) weak or thin | weaker weaker |