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1 Kings 14:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the Lord did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.


1 Kings 14:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 14:2131 words
HebrewMeaning
וּ/רְחַבְעָם֙wrəḥabəʿām
RehoboamconjH7346
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הšəlōmōh
SolomonnounH8010
מָלַ֖ךְmālakə
consultverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֑הbiyhwdāh
JudahpronH3063
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אַרְבָּעִ֣יםʾarəbāʿiym
-fortyadjH705
וְ/אַחַ֣תwəʾaḥat
aconjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
שָׁנָה֩šānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
רְחַבְעָ֨םrəḥabəʿām
RehoboamnounH7346
בְּ/מָלְכ֜/וֹbəmāləkwō
consultpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
וּֽ/שֲׁבַ֨עwšăbaʿ
sevenconjH7651
-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···
עֶשְׂרֵ֥הʿeśərēh
(eigh-adjH6240
fif- · four- · nine- · seven- ···
שָׁנָ֣הšānāh
yearnounH8141
whole age · long · old
מָלַ֣ךְmālakə
consultverbH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִַ֗םbiyrwšālaim
JerusalempronH3389
הָ֠/עִירhāʿiyr
AiparticleH5892
city · court · town
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
בָּחַ֨רbāḥar
acceptableverbH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
יְהוָ֜הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לָ/שׂ֨וּםlāśwm
appointpronH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
שְׁמ֥/וֹšəmwō
famenounH8034
base · named · renown · report
שָׁם֙šām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
מִ/כֹּל֙mikōl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
שִׁבְטֵ֣יšibəṭēy
dartnounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וְ/שֵׁ֣םwəšēm
fameconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
אִמּ֔/וֹʾimwō
damnounH517
mother · parting
נַעֲמָ֖הnaʿămāh
NaamahnounH5279
הָ/עַמֹּנִֽיתhāʿamōniyt
AmmoniteparticleH5985
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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