Study it in the app“And 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.’”
And she saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“My lord,אֲדֹנִיyouאַתָּהsworeנִשְׁבַּעְתָּby YHWHבַּיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָto your servant,לַאֲמָתֶךָ‘Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהyour sonבְנֵךְshall reignיִמְלֹךְafter me,אַחֲרָיand heוְהוּאshall sitיֵשֵׁבonעַלmy throne.’כִּסְאִי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbata” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsfemale slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vene” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kisi” appears16And Bathsheba bowed her head and bowed down to the king. And the king said, “What do you want?”
17 · This verse (above)
18And now, look, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it.
