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And he hadוַיְהִי לוֹsevenשְׁבַעhundredמֵאוֹתwives,נָשִׁיםprincesses,שָׂרוֹתand threeוּ שְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתconcubines;פִלַגְשִׁיםand his wivesוַ נָשָׁיוinclinedיַּטּוּhis heart.אֶת לִבּוֹ
1 Kings 11:3
Study it in the app“And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives inclined his heart.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:3, word by word
- And he hadיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- sevenשְׁבַעsheva
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears- princessesשָׂרוֹתsarot
princess, noble lady
Princess, noblewoman. Of the same family as "prince" and as the name "Sarah."
Where else “sarot” appears- and threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- concubinesפִלַגְשִׁיםfilagshim
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “filagshim” appears- inclinedיַּטּוּyatu
incline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “yatu” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears
The context
2from the nations of which YHWH had said to the sons of Israel, “You shall not go in among them, and they shall not go in among you; surely they will incline your heart after their gods.” To them Solomon clung in love.
3 · This verse (above)
4And it happened, at the time of Solomon’s old age, that his wives inclined his heart after other gods; and his heart was not whole with YHWH his Elohim, like the heart of David his father.