But me,וְלִי אֲנִיyour servant,עַבְדֶּךָand Zadokוּלְצָדֹקthe priest,הַכֹּהֵןand Benaiahוְלִבְנָיָהוּsonבֶןof Jehoiada,יְהוֹיָדָעand Solomonוְלִשְׁלֹמֹהyour servantעַבְדְּךָhe has notלֹאinvited.קָרָא
1 Kings 1:26
Study it in the app“But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and Solomon your servant he has not invited.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:26, word by word
- your servantעַבְדֶּavde
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appears- and Zadokצָדֹקtsadok
Zadok
Zadok: the name of several men; the best known is the priest in the time of David and Solomon (2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35). It means "righteous."
Where else “tsadok” appears- the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- and Benaiahבְנָיָהוּvenayahu
Benaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “venayahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada
Jehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appears- and 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- invitedקָרָאkara
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “kara” appears
The context
25For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen, fatted animals, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, and the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest; and there they are, eating and drinking before him; and they have said, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
26 · This verse (above)
27Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your servant who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”