1 Kings 3:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”

1 Kings 3:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 3:919 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/נָתַתָּ֨wənātatā

addconjH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

לְ/עַבְדְּ/ךָ֜ləʿabədəkā

bondmanpronH5650

bondage · servant · servant

לֵ֤בlēb

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

שֹׁמֵ֨עַ֙šōmēʿa

call togetherverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

לִ/שְׁפֹּ֣טlišəpōṭ

contendpronH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

אֶֽתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עַמְּ/ךָ֔ʿaməkā

peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

לְ/הָבִ֖יןləhābiyn

attendpronH995

consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···

בֵּֽיןbēyn

amongpronH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

ט֣וֹבṭwōb

beautifuladjH2896

best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···

לְ/רָ֑עlərāʿ

adversitypronH7451

affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···

כִּ֣יkiy

andconjH3588

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

מִ֤יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יוּכַל֙ywkal

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לִ/שְׁפֹּ֔טlišəpōṭ

contendpronH8199

avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

עַמְּ/ךָ֥ʿaməkā

peoplenounH5971

men · nation · people

הַ/כָּבֵ֖דhakābēd

greatparticleH3515

grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···

הַ/זֶּֽהhazeh

heparticleH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

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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