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And youוְאֹתְךָI will take,אֶקַּחand you shall reignוּמָלַכְתָּover allבְּכֹלthatאֲשֶׁרyour soulנַפְשֶׁךָdesires,תְּאַוֶּהand you shall beוְהָיִיתָkingמֶּלֶךְoverעַלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Kings 11:37
Study it in the app“And you I will take, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:37, word by word
- I will takeאֶקַּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- and you shall reignמָלַכְתָּmalachta
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malachta” appears- your soulנַפְשֶׁnafshe
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshe” appears- desiresתְּאַוֶּהteave
crave, desire
Desire strongly, crave something.
Where else “teave” appears- and you shall beהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- 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 context
36And to his son I will give one tribe, so that there may be a lamp for David my servant all the days before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
37 · This verse (above)
38And it shall be, if you listen to all that I command you, and walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes, keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, then I will be with you and build you a firm house, as I built for David, and I will give you Israel.