Study it in the app“And 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;”
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Jeroboam,לְיָרָבְעָם“Takeקַחfor yourselfלְךָtenעֲשָׂרָהpieces,קְרָעִיםforכִּיthusכֹהsaysאָמַרYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵל‘Look,הִנְIנִיam tearingקֹרֵעַthe kingdomאֶת הַמַּמְלָכָהfrom the handמִיַּדof Solomon,שְׁלֹמֹהand I will giveוְנָתַתִּיto youלְךָthe tenאֵת עֲשָׂרָהtribes;הַשְּׁבָטִים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsJeroboam
Jeroboam: the name of two kings of Israel: Jeroboam son of Nebat, first king of the ten northern tribes (1 Kings 11–14), and Jeroboam son of Joash, much later (2 Kings 14:23-29).
Where else “yaravam” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearstorn piece, rag
A torn piece of cloth, a rag. From the same root as "tear."
Where else “keraim” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
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” appearstear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “korea” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shevatim” appears“Tearing”: the same verb with which Ahijah tore the cloak, and with which Samuel announced to Saul that he would lose the kingdom (1 Samuel 15:27-28).
30And Ahijah grabbed the new cloak that was on him and tore it into twelve pieces.
31 · This verse (above)
32but the one tribe shall be his, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel;
