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Adadאֲדַדfled,וַיִּבְרַחheהוּאand someוַEdomiteאֲדֹמִיִּיםmenאֲנָשִׁיםof his father’sאָבִיוservantsמֵעַבְדֵיwith him,אִתּוֹto goלָבוֹאto Egypt;מִצְרָיִםHadadוַהֲדַדwas a littleקָטָןboy.נַעַר
1 Kings 11:17
Study it in the app“Adad fled, he and some Edomite men of his father’s servants with him, to go to Egypt; Hadad was a little boy.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:17, word by word
- Adadאֲדַדadad
Adad
Adad: another way of writing the name Hadad, the Edomite prince who was an adversary of Solomon (1 Kings 11:17).
Where else “adad” appears- fledיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- Edomiteאֲדֹמִיִּיםadomiyim
Edomite
Edomite: a descendant of Edom, that is, of Esau, Jacob's brother.
Where else “adomiyim” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- of his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- to goבוֹאvo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vo” appears- to Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Hadadהֲדַדhadad
Hadad
Hadad, the name of several Edomites; among them a king of Edom and an enemy of Solomon.
Where else “hadad” appears- was a littleקָטָןkatan
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katan” appears- boyנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew writes the name here without the first letter: “Adad”; it is the same Hadad.
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
16— for six months Joab and all Israel lived there, until he had cut off every male in Edom —
17 · This verse (above)
18And they rose from Midian and came to Paran, and took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he gave him a house, and assigned him food, and gave him land.