1 Kings 11:12

“Yet in your days I will not do it, for the sake of David your father; from the hand of your son I will tear it.”

1 Kings 11:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 11:12, word by word

in your daysיָמֶיyame

time

Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.

Where else “yame” appears
do itאֶעֱשֶׂeese

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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Davidדָּוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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your fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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from the handיַּדyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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of your sonבִּנְbin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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I will tear itאֶקְרָעֶekrae

tear away

To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.

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The context

11And YHWH said to Solomon, “Because this has been with you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant.

12 · This verse (above)

13Only, I will not tear all the kingdom; one tribe I will give to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

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