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And allוַ כָלthe peopleהָעָםwent upיַּעֲלוּafter him,אַחֲרָיוand the peopleוְהָעָםwere playingמְחַלְּלִיםon flutesבַּחֲלִלִיםand rejoicingוּשְׂמֵחִיםwith greatגְדוֹלָהjoy,שִׂמְחָהso that the earthוַ הָאָרֶץsplitתִּבָּקַעwith their sound.בְּקוֹלָם
1 Kings 1:40
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 1:40, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- were playingמְחַלְּלִיםmechallim
play flute
Another word spelled the same: to play the flute.
Where else “mechallim” appears- on flutesחֲלִלִיםchalilim
flute
Flute: a wind instrument made of a tube with holes.
Where else “chalilim” appears- and rejoicingשְׂמֵחִיםsemechim
joyful, glad
Joyful, glad.
Where else “semechim” appears- with greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- joyשִׂמְחָהsimcha
joy
Joy, gladness, celebration.
Where else “simcha” appears- so that the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears- splitתִּבָּקַעtibaka
split
To cleave something in two, like wood or the sea.
Where else “tibaka” appears- with their soundקוֹלָkola
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kola” appears
The context
39And 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!”
40 · This verse (above)
41And Adonijah heard it, and all the guests who were with him, just as they finished eating. And Joab heard the sound of the horn and said, “Why is there the sound of the city in an uproar?”