And Pharaohוַ פַרְעֹהsaidיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Butכִּיwhatמָהare youאַתָּהlackingחָסֵרwith me,עִמִּיthat here you are,וְהִנְּךָseekingמְבַקֵּשׁto goלָלֶכֶתtoאֶלyour land?”אַרְצֶךָAnd he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“No,לֹאbutכִּיyou must let me go.”שַׁלֵּחַ תְּשַׁלְּחֵנִי
1 Kings 11:22
Study it in the app“And Pharaoh said to him, “But what are you lacking with me, that here you are, seeking to go to your land?” And he said, “No, but you must let me go.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:22, word by word
- And Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- lackingחָסֵרchaser
lacking
Lacking something, wanting in. "Lacking heart" is one who has no sense.
Where else “chaser” appears- seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- to goלֶכֶתlechet
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechet” appears- your landאַרְצֶartse
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appears- you must let me goשַׁלֵּחַshaleach
let go
To set free, release.
Where else “shaleach” appears
The context
21And Hadad heard in Egypt that David had lain down with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead. And Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me go, that I may go to my own land.”
22 · This verse (above)
23And Elohim raised up for him an opponent, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from Hadadezer king of Zobah, his lord.