Yetאַךְin your daysבְּיָמֶיךָI will notלֹאdo it,אֶעֱשֶׂנָּהfor the sake ofלְמַעַןDavidדָּוִדyour father;אָבִיךָfrom the handמִיַּדof your sonבִּנְךָI will tear it.אֶקְרָעֶנָּה
1 Kings 11:12
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “eese” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- your fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- from the handיַּדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- I will tear itאֶקְרָעֶekrae
tear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “ekrae” appears
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.”