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1 Kings 12:10 — King James Version← Study notes

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 12:10Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:1029 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְדַבְּר֣וּwayədabərw
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלָ֗י/וʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/יְלָדִים֙hayəlādiym
boyparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
גָּדְל֣וּgādəlw
advanceverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
אִתּ/וֹ֮ʾitwō
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
לֵ/אמֹר֒lēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
כֹּֽהkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תֹאמַ֣רtōʾmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/עָ֣םlāʿām
peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/זֶּ֡הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבְּר֨וּdibərw
answerverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלֶ֜י/ךָʾēleykā
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ʾābiykā
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
הִכְבִּ֣ידhikəbiyd
abounding withverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֻלֵּ֔/נוּʿulēnw
yokenounH5923
וְ/אַתָּ֖הwəʾatāh
theeconjH859
thou · ye · you
הָקֵ֣לhāqēl
abateverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מֵ/עָלֵ֑י/נוּmēʿālēynw
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
כֹּ֚הkōh
alsoadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
תְּדַבֵּ֣רtədabēr
answerverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֔םʾălēyhem
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
קָֽטָנִּ֥/יqāṭāniy
little fingernounH6995
עָבָ֖הʿābāh
be thickverbH5666
מִ/מָּתְנֵ֥יmimātənēy
loinspronH4975
greyhound · side
אָבִֽ/יʾābiy
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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