“And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.”
1 Kings 12:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:1029 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְדַבְּר֣וּwayədabərw
and they spokeconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלָ֗י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/יְלָדִים֙hayəlādiym
the young menparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whoparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
גָּדְל֣וּgādəlw
they had grown upverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
אִתּ/וֹ֮ʾitwō
with himpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לֵ/אמֹר֒lēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
כֹּֽהkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תֹאמַ֣רtōʾmar
you will sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/עָ֣םlāʿām
to the peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/זֶּ֡הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבְּר֨וּdibərw
they have spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלֶ֜י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
הִכְבִּ֣ידhikəbiyd
he made heavyverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֻלֵּ֔/נוּʿulēnw
yoke ournounH5923
וְ/אַתָּ֖הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
הָקֵ֣לhāqēl
lightenverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מֵ/עָלֵ֑י/נוּmēʿālēynw
from on uspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֹּ֚הkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תְּדַבֵּ֣רtədabēr
you will speakverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֔םʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
קָֽטָנִּ֥/יqāṭāniy
little finger mynounH6995
עָבָ֖הʿābāh
it is thickverbH5666
מִ/מָּתְנֵ֥יmimātənēy
more than the loins ofpronH4975
greyhound · side
אָבִֽ/יʾābiy
father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
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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