And Zadokוַ צָדוֹקthe priestהַכֹּהֵןtookיִּקַּחthe hornאֶת קֶרֶןof oilהַשֶּׁמֶןfromמִןthe tentהָאֹהֶלand anointedוַיִּמְשַׁחSolomon.אֶת שְׁלֹמֹהAnd they blewוַיִּתְקְעוּthe horn,בַּשּׁוֹפָרand allוַ כָּלthe peopleהָעָםsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“Long liveיְחִיKingהַמֶּלֶךְSolomon!”שְׁלֹמֹה
1 Kings 1:39
Study it in the app“And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:39, word by word
- And Zadokצָדוֹקtsadok
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- tookיִּקַּחyikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appears- the hornקֶרֶןkeren
horn
The hard point that grows from the head of bulls, rams and goats.
Where else “keren” appears- of oilשֶּׁמֶןshemen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shemen” appears- the tentאֹהֶלohel
tabernacle
Israel's portable sanctuary in the wilderness, where YHWH met with Moses.
Where else “ohel” appears- and anointedיִּמְשַׁחyimshach
anoint
To pour oil on someone to set them apart for God.
Where else “yimshach” 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- And they blewיִּתְקְעוּyitku
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitku” appears- the hornשּׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Long liveיְחִיyechi
recover
To survive, recover; a cheer for the king's long life.
Where else “yechi” appears- Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew uses two different words here: the “horn” of oil is a container; the “horn” that is blown is the instrument (shofar). “The tent”: the one David pitched for the ark (2 Samuel 6:17).
The context
38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and set Solomon on the mule of King David, and brought him to Gihon.
39 · This verse (above)
40And all the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth split with their sound.