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1 Kings 15:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Nevertheless for David’s sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:


1 Kings 15:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 15:416 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לְמַ֣עַןləmaʿan
for the sake ofpronH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
דָּוִ֔דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
נָתַן֩nātan
he gaveverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
יְהוָ֨הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהָ֥י/וʾĕlōhāyw
God hisnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
ל֛/וֹlwō
pron
נִ֖ירniyr
a lampnounH5216
lamp · light
בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑םbiyrwšālāim
in JerusalempronH3389
לְ/הָקִ֤יםləhāqiym
by raising uppronH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנ/וֹ֙bənwō
son hisnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אַחֲרָ֔י/וʾaḥărāyw
after himpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
וּֽ/לְ/הַעֲמִ֖ידwləhaʿămiyd
and by establishingconjH5975
appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽםyərwšālāim
JerusalemnounH3389
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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