1 Kings 3:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the Lord, until those days.”

1 Kings 3:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 3:213 words

HebrewMeaning

רַ֣קraq

butparticleH7535

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

הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

מְזַבְּחִ֖יםməzabəḥiym

killverbH2076

offer · sacrifice · slay

בַּ/בָּמ֑וֹתbabāmwōt

heightpronH1116

high place · wave

כִּ֠יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

לֹאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נִבְנָ֥הnibənāh

buildverbH1129

obtain children · make · repair · set ···

בַ֨יִת֙bayit

housenounH1004

daughter · door · dungeon · family ···

לְ/שֵׁ֣םləšēm

famepronH8034

base · named · renown · report

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

עַ֖דʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

הַ/יָּמִ֥יםhayāmiym

dayparticleH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

הָ/הֵֽםhāhēm

itparticleH1992

like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···

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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