1 Kings 12:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.”

1 Kings 12:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:3113 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֖עַשׂwayaʿaś

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בֵּ֣יתbēyt

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

בָּמ֑וֹתbāmwōt

heightnounH1116

high place · wave

וַ/יַּ֤עַשׂwayaʿaś

accomplishconjH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

כֹּֽהֲנִים֙kōhăniym

chief rulernounH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

מִ/קְצ֣וֹתmiqəṣwōt

coastpronH7098

corner · edge · lowest · participle

הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

אֲשֶׁ֥רʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

הָי֖וּhāyw

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

מִ/בְּנֵ֥יmibənēy

sonpronH1121

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

לֵוִֽיlēwiy

Levi. See alsonounH3878

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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