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So they soughtוַיְבַקְשׁוּa beautifulיָפָהyoung womanנַעֲרָהthroughoutבְּכֹלall the territoryגְּבוּלof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they foundוַיִּמְצְאוּAbishagאֶת אֲבִישַׁגthe Shunammiteהַשּׁוּנַמִּיתand broughtוַיָּבִאוּherאֹתָהּto the king.לַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Kings 1:3
Study it in the app“So they sought a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.”
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1 Kings 1:3, word by word
- So they soughtיְבַקְשׁוּyevakshu
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakshu” appears- a beautifulיָפָהyafa
beautiful
Beautiful, handsome, of fine appearance.
Where else “yafa” appears- young womanנַעֲרָהnaara
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naara” appears- all the territoryגְּבוּלgevul
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they foundיִּמְצְאוּyimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsu” appears- 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- and broughtיָּבִאוּyaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yaviu” appears- to the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
The context
2And his servants said to him, “Let them seek for my lord the king a young woman, a virgin, and let her stand before the king and be his caretaker; and let her lie in your bosom, so that my lord the king may get warm.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The young woman was very beautiful; and she became the king’s caretaker and ministered to him, but the king did not know her.