Category Archives: Kings

וַתֵּ֨רֶא֙ מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֔א אֵ֖ת כָּל־חָכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָֽה׃ And the Queen of Sheva saw all the wisdom of Shelomo and the house that he had built.   Morphology וַתֵּ֨רֶא (va-tereʾ) – Root: ראה (rʾh); Form: Qal wayyiqtol (consecutive imperfect) 3rd … Continue reading →

וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֥הּ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרֶ֑יהָ לֹֽא־הָיָ֤ה דָּבָר֙ נֶעְלָ֣ם מִן־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹ֦א הִגִּ֖יד לָֽהּ׃ And Shelomo told her all her matters; there was not a thing hidden from the king that he did not tell her.   Morphology וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֥הּ (va-yagged-lah) – Root: נגד … Continue reading →

וַתָּבֹ֣א יְרוּשָׁלְַ֗מָה בְּחַיִל֮ כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹד֒ גְּ֠מַלִּים נֹשְׂאִ֨ים בְּשָׂמִ֧ים וְזָהָ֛ב רַב־מְאֹ֖ד וְאֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֑ה וַתָּבֹא֙ אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר אֵלָ֔יו אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־לְבָבָֽהּ׃ And she came to Yerushalayim with a very great army, camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stone. … Continue reading →

וּמַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֗א שֹׁמַ֛עַת אֶת־שֵׁ֥מַע שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה לְשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָ֑ה וַתָּבֹ֥א לְנַסֹּתֹ֖ו בְּחִידֹֽות׃ And the Queen of Sheva heard of the report of Shelomo for the name of YHWH, and she came to test him with riddles.   Morphology וּמַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֗א (u-malkat-Sheva) – Root: מלך … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֹופִ֔ירָה וַיִּקְח֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ זָהָ֔ב אַרְבַּע־מֵאֹ֥ות וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכָּ֑ר וַיָּבִ֖אוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ פ And they came to Ofir and they took from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and they brought it to King Shelomo.   Morphology וַיָּבֹאוּ (va-yavoʾu) – … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח חִירָ֤ם בָּֽאֳנִי֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו אַנְשֵׁ֣י אֳנִיֹּ֔ות יֹדְעֵ֖י הַיָּ֑ם עִ֖ם עַבְדֵ֥י שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ And Ḥiram sent in the fleet his servants, men of ships, those who know the sea, with the servants of Shelomo.   Morphology וַיִּשְׁלַח (va-yishlaḥ) – Root: שלח; Form: … Continue reading →

וָאֳנִ֡י עָשָׂה֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בְּעֶצְיֹֽון־גֶּ֨בֶר אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֶת־אֵלֹ֛ות עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת יַם־ס֖וּף בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אֱדֹֽום׃ And ships King Shelomo made in ʿEtsyon-gever, which is near Elot on the shore of the Sea of Reeds, in the land of Edom.   Morphology וָאֳנִי (va-ʾoni) – … Continue reading →

וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה שָׁלֹשׁ֩ פְּעָמִ֨ים בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה עֹלֹ֣ות וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַקְטֵ֣יר אִתֹּ֔ו אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֖ם אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃ And Shelomoh brought up burnt offerings and peace offerings three times in the year upon the altar that he built for YHWH, … Continue reading →

וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה שְׁלֹמֹ֡ה שָׁלֹשׁ֩ פְּעָמִ֨ים בַּשָּׁנָ֜ה עֹלֹ֣ות וּשְׁלָמִ֗ים עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנָ֣ה לַיהוָ֔ה וְהַקְטֵ֣יר אִתֹּ֔ו אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְשִׁלַּ֖ם אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃ And Shelomoh brought up burnt offerings and peace offerings three times in the year upon the altar that he built to YHWH, … Continue reading →

אֵ֣לֶּה שָׂרֵ֣י הַנִּצָּבִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר עַל־הַמְּלָאכָה֙ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה חֲמִשִּׁ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵאֹ֑ות הָרֹדִ֣ים בָּעָ֔ם הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בַּמְּלָאכָֽה׃ These were the officers of the overseers who were over the work of Shelomo, five hundred and fifty, ruling over the people who were doing the work. … Continue reading →

וּמִבְּנֵי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־נָתַ֥ן שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עָ֑בֶד כִּי־הֵ֞ם אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה וַעֲבָדָיו֙ וְשָׂרָ֣יו וְשָׁלִשָׁ֔יו וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבֹּ֖ו וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ ס But from the children of Yisraʾel, Shelomo did not make a servant, for they were men of war, and his servants, and his officers, and … Continue reading →

בְּנֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נֹתְר֤וּ אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־יָכְל֛וּ בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם וַיַּעֲלֵ֤ם שְׁלֹמֹה֙ לְמַס־עֹבֵ֔ד עַ֖ד הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ Their sons who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Yisraʾel were not able to devote to destruction—Shelomo made them … Continue reading →

כָּל־֠הָעָם הַנֹּותָ֨ר מִן־הָאֱמֹרִ֜י הַחִתִּ֤י הַפְּרִזִּי֙ הַחִוִּ֣י וְהַיְבוּסִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־מִבְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הֵֽמָּה׃ All the people that were left from the Emori, the Ḥitti, the Perizzi, the Ḥivvi, and the Yevusi—who were not from the children of Yisraʾel—they were.   Morphology כָּל־ … Continue reading →

וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־עָרֵ֤י הַֽמִּסְכְּנֹות֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לִשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וְאֵת֙ עָרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת חֵ֣שֶׁק שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָשַׁק֙ לִבְנֹ֤ות בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ וּבַלְּבָנֹ֔ון וּבְכֹ֖ל אֶ֥רֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתֹּֽו׃ And all the storage cities that were for Shelomo, and the cities of the chariots, and the … Continue reading →

וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲלָ֛ת וְאֶת־תָמָר בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ And Baʿalat, and Tamar in the wilderness in the land.   Morphology וְאֶת־ (ve-et) – Root: את; Form: Conjunction + direct object marker; Translation: “and [the object]”; Notes: Introduces a direct object in a list. בַּעֲלָת … Continue reading →

וַיִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־גָּ֔זֶר וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתֹּֽון׃ And Shelomo built Gezer and Beit Ḥoron the lower.   Morphology וַיִּבֶן (va-yiven) – Root: בנה; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he built”; Notes: Sequential narrative verb indicating construction. שְׁלֹמֹה … Continue reading →

פַּרְעֹ֨ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֜יִם עָלָ֗ה וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־גֶּ֨זֶר֙ וַיִּשְׂרְפָ֣הּ בָּאֵ֔שׁ וְאֶת־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛י הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב בָּעִ֖יר הָרָ֑ג וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֙ שִׁלֻּחִ֔ים לְבִתֹּ֖ו אֵ֥שֶׁת שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ Parʿo king of Mitsrayim went up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and the Kenaʿani who dwelt in the city he killed, … Continue reading →

וְזֶ֨ה דְבַר־הַמַּ֜ס אֲשֶֽׁר־הֶעֱלָ֣ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִבְנֹות֩ אֶת־בֵּ֨ית יְהוָ֤ה וְאֶת־בֵּיתֹו֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּלֹּ֔וא וְאֵ֖ת חֹומַ֣ת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְאֶת־חָצֹ֥ר וְאֶת־מְגִדֹּ֖ו וְאֶת־גָּֽזֶר׃ And this is the matter of the levy which King Shelomo raised, to build the house of YHWH and his own house, and the … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח חִירָ֖ם לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃ And Ḥiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.   Morphology וַיִּשְׁלַח (va-yishlaḥ) – Root: שלח; Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he sent”; Notes: Narrative … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מָ֚ה הֶעָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה לִּ֖י אָחִ֑י וַיִּקְרָ֤א לָהֶם֙ אֶ֣רֶץ כָּב֔וּל עַ֖ד הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ פ And he said, “What are these cities that you have given me, my brother?” And he called them the land of Kavul until this day. … Continue reading →

וַיֵּצֵ֤א חִירָם֙ מִצֹּ֔ר לִרְאֹות֙ אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַן־לֹ֖ו שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְלֹ֥א יָשְׁר֖וּ בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ And Ḥiram went out from Tsor to see the cities which Shelomo had given him, and they were not right in his eyes.   Morphology וַיֵּצֵא (va-yetse) – Root: … Continue reading →

חִירָ֣ם מֶֽלֶךְ־֠צֹר נִשָּׂ֨א אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בַּעֲצֵי֩ אֲרָזִ֨ים וּבַעֲצֵ֧י בְרֹושִׁ֛ים וּבַזָּהָ֖ב לְכָל־חֶפְצֹ֑ו אָ֡ז יִתֵּן֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה לְחִירָם֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים עִ֔יר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ הַגָּלִֽיל׃ Ḥiram king of Tsor had borne Shelomo with cedar trees, with cypress trees, and with gold, according to all his desire; … Continue reading →

וַיְהִ֗י מִקְצֵה֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּנָ֥ה שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י הַבָּתִּ֑ים אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ And it came to pass at the end of twenty years in which Shelomo had built the two houses, the house of YHWH and the house of the … Continue reading →

וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָזְב֜וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֹוצִ֣יא אֶת־אֲבֹתָם֮ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ וַֽיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ֙ בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲווּ לָהֶ֖ם וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן הֵבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃ And they shall say, ‘Because they forsook YHWH their God, who brought their fathers out of … Continue reading →

וְהַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה עֶלְיֹ֔ון כָּל־עֹבֵ֥ר עָלָ֖יו יִשֹּׁ֣ם וְשָׁרָ֑ק וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל־מֶ֨ה עָשָׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כָּ֔כָה לָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְלַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃ And this house shall be exalted; everyone who passes by it shall be astonished and hiss, and they shall say, ‘Why has YHWH … Continue reading →

וְהִכְרַתִּ֣י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מֵעַ֨ל פְּנֵ֤י הָאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תִּי לָהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־הַבַּ֨יִת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי לִשְׁמִ֔י אֲשַׁלַּ֖ח מֵעַ֣ל פָּנָ֑י וְהָיָ֧ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לְמָשָׁ֥ל וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה בְּכָל־הָעַמִּֽים׃ then I will cut off Yisraʾel from upon the face of the land which I have given to them, and … Continue reading →

אִם־שֹׁ֨וב תְּשֻׁב֜וּן אַתֶּ֤ם וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י וְלֹ֤א תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ מִצְוֹתַ֣י חֻקֹּתַ֔י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם לָהֶֽם׃ If you indeed turn away, you and your children, from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which … Continue reading →

וַהֲקִ֨מֹתִ֜י אֶת־כִּסֵּ֧א מַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְעֹלָ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּ֗רְתִּי עַל־דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֨יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מֵעַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Yisraʾel forever, as I spoke concerning Dawid your father, saying: There shall not be … Continue reading →

וְאַתָּ֞ה אִם־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לְפָנַ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר הָלַ֜ךְ דָּוִ֤ד אָבִ֨יךָ֙ בְּתָם־לֵבָ֣ב וּבְיֹ֔שֶׁר לַעֲשֹׂ֕ות כְּכֹ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑יךָ חֻקַּ֥י וּמִשְׁפָּטַ֖י תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ And you, if you walk before Me as Dawid your father walked, with integrity of heart and with uprightness, to do according to all … Continue reading →

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה לְפָנַי֒ הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי אֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֔תָה לָשֽׂוּם־שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד־עֹולָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ And YHWH said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication which you have made before … Continue reading →