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So nowוְעַתָּהcome,לְכִיpleaseנָאlet me give youאִיעָצֵךְadvice,עֵצָהand saveוּמַלְּטִיyour lifeאֶת נַפְשֵׁךְand the lifeוְאֶת נֶפֶשׁof your sonבְּנֵךְSolomon.שְׁלֹמֹה
1 Kings 1:12
Study it in the app“So now come, please let me give you advice, and save your life and the life of your son Solomon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:12, word by word
- comeלְכִיlechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechi” appears- let me give youאִיעָצֵiatse
advise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “iatse” appears- adviceעֵצָהetsa
counsel
What is said to someone to help him decide what to do.
Where else “etsa” appears- and saveמַלְּטִיmalti
rescue
To bring another out of danger and set him safe.
Where else “malti” appears- your lifeנַפְשֵׁnafshe
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshe” appears- of your sonבְּנֵbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears
The context
11Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon, saying, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith reigns, and our lord David does not know it?
12 · This verse (above)
13Go and go in to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? So why does Adonijah reign?’