“Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.”
1 Kings 2:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Kings 2:2021 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֗אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שְׁאֵלָ֨הšəʾēlāh
a petitionnounH7596
petition · request
אַחַ֤תʾaḥat
oneadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
קְטַנָּה֙qəṭanāh
smalladjH6996
less · little · small(-est · one ···
אָֽנֹכִי֙ʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
שֹׁאֶ֣לֶתšōʾelet
am askingverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
מֵֽ/אִתָּ֔/ךְmēʾitākə
from with youpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תָּ֖שֶׁבtāšeb
you turn awayverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פָּנָ֑/יpānāy
face mynounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וַ/יֹּֽאמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ֤/הּlāh
pron
הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙hamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
שַׁאֲלִ֣יšaʾăliy
askverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
אִמִּ֔/יʾimiy
O mother mynounH517
mother · parting
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹֽאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אָשִׁ֖יבʾāšiyb
I will turn awayverbH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
פָּנָֽיִ/ךְpānāyikə
face yournounH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
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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