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So Bathshebaוַ בַת שֶׁבֶעwent inתָּבֹאtoאֶלthe king,הַמֶּלֶךְinto the chamber;הַחַדְרָהnow the kingוְהַמֶּלֶךְwas veryמְאֹדold,זָקֵןand Abishagוַאֲבִישַׁגthe Shunammiteהַשּׁוּנַמִּיתwas ministeringמְשָׁרַתtoאֶתthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Kings 1:15
Study it in the app“So Bathsheba went in to the king, into the chamber; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:15, word by word
- So Bathshebaבַתvat
Bathsheba
Bathsheba: wife of Uriah the Hittite and then of David; mother of Solomon (2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1). It means "daughter of the oath."
Where else “vat” appears- went inתָּבֹאtavo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- into the chamberחַדְרָchadra
inner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “chadra” appears- was veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- oldזָקֵןzaken
grow old
Grow old, be old.
Where else “zaken” appears- and Abishagאֲבִישַׁגavishag
Abishag
Abishag: a very beautiful girl from Shunem who looked after King David in his old age (1 Kings 1:3-4). Later Adonijah asked for her as his wife, and that cost him his life (1 Kings 2:13-25).
Where else “avishag” appears- the Shunammiteשּׁוּנַמִּיתshunamit
Shunammite
Shunammite: a woman from Shunem, a town of the tribe of Issachar, in the north of Israel. Abishag is called this, and so is the woman who gave lodging to the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4).
Where else “shunamit” appears- was ministeringמְשָׁרַתmesharat
minister
To serve in worship before YHWH.
Where else “mesharat” appears
The context
14Look, while you are still speaking there with the king, I will come in after you and complete your words.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And Bathsheba bowed her head and bowed down to the king. And the king said, “What do you want?”