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

“And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places.”

1 Kings 3:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 3:313 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֤בwayeʾĕhab

love(-dconjH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

שְׁלֹמֹה֙šəlōmōh

SolomonnounH8010

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

לָ/לֶ֕כֶתlāleket

awaypronH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

בְּ/חֻקּ֖וֹתbəḥuqwōt

appointedpronH2708

custom · manner · ordinance · site ···

דָּוִ֣דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

אָבִ֑י/וʾābiyw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

רַ֚קraq

butparticleH7535

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

בַּ/בָּמ֔וֹתbabāmwōt

heightpronH1116

high place · wave

ה֥וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

מְזַבֵּ֖חַməzabēḥa

killverbH2076

offer · sacrifice · slay

וּ/מַקְטִֽירwmaqəṭiyr

burn (incenseconjH6999

sacrifice) · incense · kindle · offer (incense ···

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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