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And Hadadוַ הֲדַדfoundיִּמְצָאgreatמְאֹדfavorחֵןin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof Pharaoh,פַרְעֹהand he gaveוַיִּתֶּןhimלוֹa wife:אִשָּׁהthe sisterאֶת אֲחוֹתof his own wife,אִשְׁתּוֹthe sisterאֲחוֹתof Tahpenesתַּחְפְּנֵיסthe lady.הַגְּבִירָה
1 Kings 11:19
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:19, word by word
- And Hadadהֲדַדhadad
Hadad
Hadad, the name of several Edomites; among them a king of Edom and an enemy of Solomon.
Where else “hadad” appears- foundיִּמְצָאyimtsa
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “yimtsa” appears- greatמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” 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 wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- the sisterאֲחוֹתachot
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achot” appears- of Tahpenesתַּחְפְּנֵיסtachpnes
Tahpenes
Tahpenes: chief wife of a pharaoh of Egypt in the time of David and Solomon; her sister was given as wife to Hadad the Edomite (1 Kings 11:19-20).
Where else “tachpnes” appears- the ladyגְּבִירָהgevira
lady, mistress
Lady: the leading woman of the king's household, whether his chief wife or the queen mother; also the mistress of a female slave.
Where else “gevira” appears
Translation note
“The lady”: the title of the king’s principal wife or of the queen mother.
The context
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.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, and Tahpenes weaned him in the midst of the house of Pharaoh; and Genubath was in the house of Pharaoh among the sons of Pharaoh.