“Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.”
1 Kings 12:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:416 words
HebrewMeaning
אָבִ֖י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
הִקְשָׁ֣הhiqəšāh
he made hardverbH7185
be fiercer · make grievous · be · be in ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֻלֵּ֑/נוּʿulēnw
yoke ournounH5923
וְ/אַתָּ֡הwəʾatāh
and youconjH859
thou · ye · you
עַתָּ֣הʿatāh
nowadvH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
הָקֵל֩hāqēl
lightenverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
מֵ/עֲבֹדַ֨תmēʿăbōdat
some of the service ofpronH5656
bondage · bondservant · effect · labour ···
אָבִ֜י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
הַ/קָּשָׁ֗הhaqāšāh
hardparticleH7186
cruel · grievous · hard · thing) ···
וּ/מֵ/עֻלּ֧/וֹwmēʿulwō
and some of yoke hisconjH5923
הַ/כָּבֵ֛דhakābēd
heavyparticleH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נָתַ֥ןnātan
he putverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
עָלֵ֖י/נוּʿālēynw
on uspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וְ/נַעַבְדֶֽ/ךָּwənaʿabədekā
and we will serve youconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
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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