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1 Kings 11:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.


1 Kings 11:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 11:421 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֗יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/עֵת֙ləʿēt
wayspronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
זִקְנַ֣תziqənat
oldnounH2209
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
נָשָׁי/ו֙nāšāyw
womannounH802
each · every · female · many ···
הִטּ֣וּhiṭw
applyverbH5186
afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
לְבָב֔/וֹləbābwō
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
אַחֲרֵ֖יʾaḥărēy
after (thatpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
אֱלֹהִ֣יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֲחֵרִ֑יםʾăḥēriym
other manadjH312
following · next · strange
וְ/לֹאwəlōʾ
ereconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
הָיָ֨הhāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְבָב֤/וֹləbābwō
breastnounH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
שָׁלֵם֙šālēm
fulladjH8003
just · made ready · peaceable · perfect ···
עִםʿim
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהָ֔י/וʾĕlōhāyw
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
כִּ/לְבַ֖בkiləbab
breastpronH3824
bethink themselves · comfortably · courage · heart ···
דָּוִ֥ידdāwiyd
DavidnounH1732
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
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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