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And Bathshebaוַ בַּת שֶׁבַעbowed her headתִּקֹּדand bowed downוַתִּשְׁתַּחוּto the king.לַמֶּלֶךְAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Whatמַהdo you want?”לָּךְ
1 Kings 1:16
Study it in the app“And Bathsheba bowed her head and bowed down to the king. And the king said, “What do you want?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:16, word by word
- And Bathshebaבַּתbat
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 “bat” appears- bowed her headתִּקֹּדtikod
bow down
Bow the head or the body as a sign of respect.
Where else “tikod” appears- and bowed downתִּשְׁתַּחוּtishtachu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “tishtachu” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears
The context
15So Bathsheba went in to the king, into the chamber; now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to the king.
16 · This verse (above)
17And she said to him, “My lord, you swore by YHWH your Elohim to your servant, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’