And the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Takeקְחוּwith youעִמָּכֶםthe servantsאֶת עַבְדֵיof your lord,אֲדֹנֵיכֶםand setוְהִרְכַּבְתֶּםSolomonאֶת שְׁלֹמֹהmy sonבְנִיonעַלthe muleהַפִּרְדָּהthatאֲשֶׁרis mine,לִיand bring him downוְהוֹרַדְתֶּם אֹתוֹtoאֶלGihon.גִּחוֹן
1 Kings 1:33
Study it in the app“And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord, and set Solomon my son on the mule that is mine, and bring him down to Gihon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:33, word by word
- And 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- “Takeקְחוּkechu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kechu” appears- the servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- of your lordאֲדֹנֵיadone
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appears- and setהִרְכַּבְתֶּםhirkavtem
set on
To set someone on a mount.
Where else “hirkavtem” appears- 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- my sonבְנִveni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “veni” appears- the muleפִּרְדָּהpirda
female mule
She-mule: the female of the mule. It was the king's mount; to ride on David's mule showed whom he had chosen (1 Kings 1:33).
Where else “pirda” appears- and bring him downהוֹרַדְתֶּםhoradtem
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “horadtem” appears- Gihonגִּחוֹןgichon
Gihon
Gihon, one of the four rivers of Eden, which is not known for certain; also a spring beside Jerusalem.
Where else “gichon” appears
The context
32And King David said, “Call Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada to me.” And they came before the king.
33 · This verse (above)
34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel; and blow the horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’