1 Kings 10:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.”

1 Kings 10:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 10:111 words

HebrewMeaning

וּ/מַֽלְכַּתwmaləkat

queenconjH4436

שְׁבָ֗אšəbāʾ

ShebanounH7614

Sabeans

שֹׁמַ֛עַתšōmaʿat

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שֵׁ֥מַעšēmaʿ

bruitnounH8088

fame · hear · loud · report ···

שְׁלֹמֹ֖הšəlōmōh

SolomonnounH8010

לְ/שֵׁ֣םləšēm

famepronH8034

base · named · renown · report

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/תָּבֹ֥אwatābōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

לְ/נַסֹּת֖/וֹlənasōtwō

adventurepronH5254

assay · prove · tempt · try

בְּ/חִידֽוֹתbəḥiydwōt

dark saying (sentencepronH2420

speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle

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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