1 Kings 1:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Bath–sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?”

1 Kings 1:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 1:169 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תִּקֹּ֣דwatiqōd

bow headconjH6915

stoop

בַּתbat

Bath-shebanounH1339

שֶׁ֔בַעšebaʿ

Bath-shebaadjH1339

וַ/תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּwatišətaḥw

bow downconjH7812

crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···

לַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְlamelekə

kingpronH4428

royal

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

לָּֽ/ךְlākə

pron

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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