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1 Kings 12:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?


1 Kings 12:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:623 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּוָּעַ֞ץwayiwāʿaṣ
advertiseconjH3289
take advise · advise · consult · (give ···
הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
רְחַבְעָ֗םrəḥabəʿām
RehoboamnounH7346
אֶתʾet
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
הַ/זְּקֵנִים֙hazəqēniym
agedparticleH2205
ancient · elder · old (man · men and...women) ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
הָי֣וּhāyw
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֹמְדִ֗יםʿōmədiym
abideverbH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
אֶתʾet
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
פְּנֵי֙pənēy
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
שְׁלֹמֹ֣הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
אָבִ֔י/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
בִּֽ/הְיֹת֥/וֹbihəyōtwō
beaconpronH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
חַ֖יḥay
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵ֚יךְʾēykə
howparticleH349
what
אַתֶּ֣םʾatem
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
נֽוֹעָצִ֔יםnwōʿāṣiym
advertiseverbH3289
take advise · advise · consult · (give ···
לְ/הָשִׁ֥יבləhāšiyb
((breakpronH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָֽ/עָםhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/זֶּ֖הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
דָּבָֽרdābār
wordnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
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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