And it shall be,וְהָיָהifאִםyou listen toתִּשְׁמַעallאֶת כָּלthatאֲשֶׁרI command you,אֲצַוֶּךָand walkוְהָלַכְתָּin my ways,בִדְרָכַיand doוְעָשִׂיתָwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיkeepingלִשְׁמוֹרmy statutesחֻקּוֹתַיand my commandments,וּמִצְוֺתַיasכַּאֲשֶׁרDavidדָּוִדmy servantעַבְדִּיdid,עָשָׂהthen I will beוְהָיִיתִיwith youעִמָּךְand buildוּבָנִיתִיyouלְךָa firmנֶאֱמָןhouse,בַיִתasכַּאֲשֶׁרI builtבָּנִיתִיfor David,לְדָוִדand I will giveוְנָתַתִּיyouלְךָIsrael.אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Kings 11:38
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 11:38, word by word
- And it shall beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- you listen toתִּשְׁמַעtishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appears- I command youאֲצַוֶּatsave
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “atsave” appears- and walkהָלַכְתָּhalachta
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “halachta” appears- in my waysדְרָכַderacha
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “deracha” appears- and doעָשִׂיתָasita
carry out
To do what is commanded.
Where else “asita” appears- what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in my eyesעֵינַena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears- keepingשְׁמוֹרshemor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemor” appears- my statutesחֻקּוֹתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears- and my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- and buildבָנִיתִיvaniti
have children
To build a family, give someone offspring.
Where else “vaniti” appears- a firmנֶאֱמָןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- houseבַיִתvayit
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vayit” appears- and I will giveנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” 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
37And you I will take, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.
38 · This verse (above)
39And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not all the days.’”