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1 Kings 2:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.


1 Kings 2:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 2:826 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/הִנֵּ֣הwəhinēh
beholdconjH2009
lo · see
עִ֠מְּ/ךָʿiməkā
accompanyingpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
שִֽׁמְעִ֨יšiməʿiy
ShimeahnounH8096
Shimei · Shimhi · Shimi
בֶןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
גֵּרָ֥אgērāʾ
GeranounH1617
בֶןben
BenjamitenounH1145
of Benjamin
הַ/יְמִינִי֮hayəmiyniy
BenjamiteparticleH1145
of Benjamin
מִ/בַּחֻרִים֒mibaḥuriym
BahurimpronH980
וְ/ה֤וּאwəhwʾ
heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
קִֽלְלַ֨/נִי֙qiləlaniy
abateverbH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
קְלָלָ֣הqəlālāh
curse(-dnounH7045
-ing)
נִמְרֶ֔צֶתniməreṣet
emboldenverbH4834
be forcible · grievous · sore
בְּ/י֖וֹםbəywōm
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
לֶכְתִּ֣/יlekətiy
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
מַחֲנָ֑יִםmaḥănāyim
MahanaimnounH4266
וְ/הֽוּאwəhwʾ
heconjH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
יָרַ֤דyārad
bring downverbH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
לִ/קְרָאתִ/י֙liqərāʾtiy
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֔ןhayarədēn
JordanparticleH3383
וָ/אֶשָּׁ֨בַֽעwāʾešābaʿ
adjureconjH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
ל֤/וֹlwō
pron
בַֽ/יהוָה֙bayhwāh
LORDpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֲמִֽיתְ/ךָ֖ʾămiytəkā
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בֶּ/חָֽרֶבbeḥāreb
axepronH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
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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