And they roseוַיָּקֻמוּfrom Midianמִמִּדְיָןand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Paran,פָּארָןand tookוַיִּקְחוּmenאֲנָשִׁיםwith themעִמָּםfrom Paranמִפָּארָןand cameוַיָּבֹאוּto Egypt,מִצְרַיִםtoאֶלPharaohפַּרְעֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egypt;מִצְרַיִםand he gaveוַיִּתֶּןhimלוֹa house,בַיִתand assignedאָמַרhimלוֹfood,וְלֶחֶםand gaveנָתַןhimלוֹland.וְאֶרֶץ
1 Kings 11:18
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:18, word by word
- And they roseיָּקֻמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- from Midianמִּדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- to Paranפָּארָןparan
Paran
Paran, a desert region south of Canaan, in the Sinai.
Where else “paran” appears- and tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- to Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- Pharaohפַּרְעֹהparo
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “paro” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and he gaveיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- a houseבַיִתvayit
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vayit” appears- and assignedאָמַרamar
command
To give someone an order with authority, so that it is done.
Where else “amar” appears- foodלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears
Places in this verse
1Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
2Egypt
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
17Adad fled, he and some Edomite men of his father’s servants with him, to go to Egypt; Hadad was a little boy.
18 · This verse (above)
19And Hadad found great favor in the eyes of Pharaoh, and he gave him a wife: the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the lady.