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And he wasוַיְהִיan opponentשָׂטָןto Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof Solomon,שְׁלֹמֹהbesidesוְאֶתthe evilהָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרHadadהֲדָדdid;and he loathedוַיָּקָץIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְoverעַלAram.אֲרָם
1 Kings 11:25
Study it in the app“And he was an opponent to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the evil that Hadad did; and he loathed Israel and reigned over Aram.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:25, word by word
- And he wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- an opponentשָׂטָןsatan
opponent
Someone who opposes or obstructs.
Where else “satan” appears- to Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- Hadadהֲדָדhadad
Hadad
Hadad, the name of several Edomites; among them a king of Edom and an enemy of Solomon.
Where else “hadad” appears- and he loathedיָּקָץyakats
loathe
To feel such annoyance or revulsion that one can no longer bear it.
Where else “yakats” appears- and reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears- Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears
The context
24And he gathered men to himself and became chief of a band, when David killed them; and they went to Damascus and lived there, and they reigned in Damascus.
25 · This verse (above)
26And Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephraimite from Zeredah — and the name of his mother was Zeruah, a widow — a servant of Solomon, lifted up his hand against the king.