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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 10:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 10:111 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/מַֽלְכַּתwmaləkat
and the queen ofconjH4436
שְׁבָ֗אšəbāʾ
ShebanounH7614
Sabeans
שֹׁמַ֛עַתšōmaʿat
was hearingverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שֵׁ֥מַעšēmaʿ
the report ofnounH8088
fame · hear · loud · report ···
שְׁלֹמֹ֖הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
לְ/שֵׁ֣םləšēm
to the name ofpronH8034
base · named · renown · report
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/תָּבֹ֥אwatābōʾ
and she cameconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
לְ/נַסֹּת֖/וֹlənasōtwō
to put to the test himpronH5254
assay · prove · tempt · try
בְּ/חִידֽוֹתbəḥiydwōt
by difficult matterspronH2420
speech) · hard question · proverb · riddle
Words 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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The light of the world - 1 Kings 10
Now I understand why - it's a daily declaration of dependence on God. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and ha...
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