1 Kings 11:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake which I have chosen.”

1 Kings 11:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 11:1317 words

HebrewMeaning

רַ֤קraq

butparticleH7535

even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/מַּמְלָכָה֙hamaməlākāh

kingdomparticleH4467

king's · reign · royal

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

אֶקְרָ֔עʾeqərāʿ

cut outverbH7167

rend · surely · tear

שֵׁ֥בֶטšēbeṭ

dartnounH7626

correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···

אֶחָ֖דʾeḥād

aadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

אֶתֵּ֣ןʾetēn

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לִ/בְנֶ֑/ךָlibənekā

sonpronH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

לְמַ֨עַן֙ləmaʿan

because ofpronH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

דָּוִ֣דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

עַבְדִּ֔/יʿabədiy

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

וּ/לְמַ֥עַןwləmaʿan

because ofconjH4616

to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םyərwšālaim

JerusalemnounH3389

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

בָּחָֽרְתִּיbāḥārətiy

acceptableverbH977

appoint · choose · excellent · join ···

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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