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1 Kings 2:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.


1 Kings 2:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 2:1521 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַ֤תְּʾatə
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
יָדַ֨עַתְּ֙yādaʿatə
acknowledgeverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
כִּיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לִ/י֙liy
pron
הָיְתָ֣הhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
הַ/מְּלוּכָ֔הhaməlwkāh
kingsomparticleH4410
king's · royal
וְ/עָלַ֞/יwəʿālay
aboveconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׂ֧מוּśāmw
appointverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
כָֽלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
פְּנֵי/הֶ֖םpənēyhem
a- forenounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
לִ/מְלֹ֑ךְliməlōkə
consultpronH4427
indeed · be (make · set a · set up) king ···
וַ/תִּסֹּ֤בwatisōb
bringconjH5437
cast · fetch · lead · make ···
הַ/מְּלוּכָה֙haməlwkāh
kingsomparticleH4410
king's · royal
וַ/תְּהִ֣יwatəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לְ/אָחִ֔/יləʾāḥiy
brotherpronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מֵ/יְהוָ֖הmēyəhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
הָ֥יְתָהhāyətāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לּֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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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