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1 Kings 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.


1 Kings 12:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 12:721 words
HebrewMeaning
ו/ידברwydbr
and you will speakconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
וַ/יְדַבְּר֨וּwayədabərw
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֵלָ֜י/וʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
הַ֠/יּוֹםhaywōm
this dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
תִּֽהְיֶהtihəyeh
you will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עֶ֜בֶדʿebed
a servantnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לָ/עָ֤םlāʿām
of the peoplepronH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/זֶּה֙hazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וַֽ/עֲבַדְתָּ֔/םwaʿăbadətām
and you will serve themconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
וַ/עֲנִיתָ֕/םwaʿăniytām
and you will answer themconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
וְ/דִבַּרְתָּ֥wədibarətā
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֖םʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
דְּבָרִ֣יםdəbāriym
wordsnounH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
טוֹבִ֑יםṭwōbiym
kindadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/הָי֥וּwəhāyw
and they will beconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/ךָ֛ləkā
pron
עֲבָדִ֖יםʿăbādiym
servantsnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/יָּמִֽיםhayāmiym
the daysparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
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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Redemption and restoration - 1 Kings 12
I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is faithful in every circumstance. I love how this passage doesn't shy away from the difficulty of obedience. God is fait...
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