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And Ahijahוַ אֲחִיָּהgrabbedיִּתְפֹּשׂthe newהַחֲדָשָׁהcloakבַּשַּׂלְמָהthatאֲשֶׁרwas on himעָלָיוand tore itוַיִּקְרָעֶהָinto twelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרpieces.קְרָעִים
1 Kings 11:30
Study it in the app“And Ahijah grabbed the new cloak that was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:30, word by word
- And Ahijahאֲחִיָּהachiya
Ahijah
Ahijah: the name of several people; among them the priest who carried the ephod in Saul's time (1 Samuel 14:3) and the prophet from Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29). It means "brother of YHWH."
Where else “achiya” appears- grabbedיִּתְפֹּשׂyitpos
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “yitpos” appears- the newחֲדָשָׁהchadasha
new
New.
Where else “chadasha” appears- cloakשַּׂלְמָהsalma
garment, cloak
Garment, cloak.
Where else “salma” appears- and tore itיִּקְרָעֶyikrae
tear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikrae” appears- into twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- into twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- piecesקְרָעִיםkeraim
torn piece, rag
A torn piece of cloth, a rag. From the same root as "tear."
Where else “keraim” appears
The context
29And it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out from Jerusalem, that Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, found him on the road; and he had covered himself with a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the field.
30 · This verse (above)
31And he said to Jeroboam, “Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, ‘Look, I am tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give to you the ten tribes;