Then you shall come upוַעֲלִיתֶםafter him,אַחֲרָיוand he shall comeוּבָאand sitוְיָשַׁבonעַלmy throne,כִּסְאִיand heוְהוּאshall reignיִמְלֹךְin my place;תַּחְתָּיand himוְאֹתוֹI have commandedצִוִּיתִיto beלִהְיוֹתleaderנָגִידoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand overוְעַלJudah.”יְהוּדָה
1 Kings 1:35
Study it in the app“Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall reign in my place; and him I have commanded to be leader over Israel and over Judah.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:35, word by word
- Then you shall come upעֲלִיתֶםalitem
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alitem” appears- and he shall comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- and sitיָשַׁבyashav
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yashav” appears- my throneכִּסְאִkisi
throne
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kisi” appears- shall reignיִמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears- I have commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- to beהְיוֹתheot
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heot” appears- leaderנָגִידnagid
leader
Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.
Where else “nagid” appears- 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- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears
Translation note
“Leader”: a Hebrew word of its own (nagid), the one who goes at the head of the people; different from “king” (1 Samuel 9:16).
The context
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!’
35 · This verse (above)
36And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, “Amen! May YHWH, the Elohim of my lord the king, say so.