1 Kings 13:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he cried against the altar in the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.”

1 Kings 13:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 13:229 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּקְרָ֤אwayiqərāʾ

bewrayconjH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙hamizəbēḥa

altarparticleH4196

בִּ/דְבַ֣רbidəbar

wordpronH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

מִזְבֵּ֣חַmizəbēḥa

altarnounH4196

מִזְבֵּ֔חַmizəbēḥa

altarnounH4196

כֹּ֖הkōh

alsoadvH3541

here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···

אָמַ֣רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

הִנֵּֽהhinēh

beholdparticleH2009

lo · see

בֵ֞ןbēn

sonnounH1121

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

נוֹלָ֤דnwōlād

bearverbH3205

beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···

לְ/בֵיתləbēyt

housepronH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

דָּוִד֙dāwid

DavidnounH1732

יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּyōʾšiyāhw

JosiahnounH2977

שְׁמ֔/וֹšəmwō

famenounH8034

base · named · renown · report

וְ/זָבַ֣חwəzābaḥ

killconjH2076

offer · sacrifice · slay

עָלֶ֗י/ךָʿāleykā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כֹּהֲנֵ֤יkōhănēy

chief rulernounH3548

own · priest · prince · principal officer

הַ/בָּמוֹת֙habāmwōt

heightparticleH1116

high place · wave

הַ/מַּקְטִרִ֣יםhamaqəṭiriym

burn (incenseparticleH6999

sacrifice) · incense · kindle · offer (incense ···

עָלֶ֔י/ךָʿāleykā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

וְ/עַצְמ֥וֹתwəʿaṣəmwōt

bodyconjH6106

bone · life · same · strength ···

אָדָ֖םʾādām

man (meannounH120

another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···

יִשְׂרְפ֥וּyiśərəpw

(cause toverbH8313

make a) burn · up) kindle · utterly

עָלֶֽי/ךָʿāleykā

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

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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