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And thisוְזֶהwas the matterהַדָּבָרfor whichאֲשֶׁרhe lifted upהֵרִיםhis handיָדagainst the king:בַּמֶּלֶךְSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהbuiltבָּנָהthe Milloאֶת הַמִּלּוֹאand closed upסָגַרthe breachאֶת פֶּרֶץof the cityעִירof Davidדָּוִדhis father.אָבִיו
1 Kings 11:27
Study it in the app“And this was the matter for which he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built the Millo and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:27, word by word
- was the matterדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- he lifted upהֵרִיםherim
lift up
To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.
Where else “herim” appears- his handיָדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- against the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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- builtבָּנָהbana
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “bana” appears- the Milloמִּלּוֹאmilo
Millo
Millo: the name of a fortified work inside a city (an earthwork or citadel). There was a Millo in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:9) and another in Shechem, whose "house of Millo" were those who lived or ruled there (Judges 9:6).
Where else “milo” appears- and closed upסָגַרsagar
shut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “sagar” appears- the breachפֶּרֶץperets
breach
Breach, opening made by breaking through.
Where else “perets” appears- of the cityעִירir
walled part
The walled part: "the city of David".
Where else “ir” appears- of Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears
The context
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.
27 · This verse (above)
28And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of worth; and Solomon saw the young man, that he was one who did the work, and he appointed him over all the burden of the house of Joseph.