1 Kings 22:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?”

1 Kings 22:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 22:1616 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵלָי/ו֙ʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְhamelekə

kingparticleH4428

royal

עַדʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

כַּ/מֶּ֥הkameh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

פְעָמִ֖יםpəʿāmiym

anvilnounH6471

corner · foot · going · fold ···

אֲנִ֣יʾăniy

IprepH589

me · mine · myself · we ···

מַשְׁבִּעֶ֑/ךָmašəbiʿekā

adjureverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

אֲ֠שֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תְדַבֵּ֥רtədabēr

answerverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

אֵלַ֛/יʾēlay

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

רַקraq

butparticleH7535

even · except · howbeit howsoever · at the least ···

אֱמֶ֖תʾĕmet

assurednounH571

establishment · faithful · right · sure ···

בְּ/שֵׁ֥םbəšēm

famepronH8034

base · named · renown · report

יְהוָֽהyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

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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