Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיat the timeלְעֵתof Solomon’sשְׁלֹמֹהold age,זִקְנַתthat his wivesנָשָׁיוinclinedהִטּוּhis heartאֶת לְבָבוֹafterאַחֲרֵיotherאֲחֵרִיםgods;אֱלֹהִיםand his heartוְ לְבָבוֹwas notלֹא הָיָהwholeשָׁלֵםwithעִםYHWHיְהוָהhis Elohim,אֱלֹהָיוlike the heartכִּלְבַבof Davidדָּוִידhis father.אָבִיו
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsold age
Old age.
Where else “ziknat” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashay” appearsincline
To turn the ear or the heart toward someone or something.
Where else “hitu” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appearsother
Other, another; next.
Where else “acherim” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearswholehearted
With one's whole self for God.
Where else “shalem” 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” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears3And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives inclined his heart.
4 · This verse (above)
5And Solomon went after Astarte, the god of the Sidonians, and after Milcom, the detestable thing of the Ammonites.
