1 Kings 2:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.”

1 Kings 2:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 2:218 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/תֹּ֕אמֶרwatōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יֻתַּ֖ןyutan

addverbH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֲבִישַׁ֣גʾăbiyšag

AbishagnounH49

הַ/שֻּׁנַמִּ֑יתhašunamiyt

ShunamiteparticleH7767

לַ/אֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּlaʾădōniyāhw

AdonijahpronH138

אָחִ֖י/ךָʾāḥiykā

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

לְ/אִשָּֽׁהləʾišāh

womanpronH802

each · every · female · many ···

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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