therefore,לָכֵןlook,הִנְנִיI am bringingמֵבִיאevilרָעָהonאֶלthe houseבֵּיתof Jeroboam,יָרָבְעָםand I will cut offוְהִכְרַתִּיfrom Jeroboamלְיָרָבְעָםeveryone who urinatesמַשְׁתִּיןagainst the wall,בְּקִירrestrainedעָצוּרand leftוְעָזוּבin Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand I will sweep awayוּבִעַרְתִּיafterאַחֲרֵיthe houseבֵיתof Jeroboam,יָרָבְעָםasכַּאֲשֶׁרone sweeps awayיְבַעֵרdung,הַגָּלָלuntilעַדit is gone.תֻּמּוֹ
1 Kings 14:10
Study it in the app“therefore, look, I am bringing evil on the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates against the wall, restrained and left in Israel; and I will sweep away after the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung, until it is gone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:10, word by word
- I am bringingמֵבִיאmevi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “mevi” appears- evilרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםyaravam
Jeroboam
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” appears- and I will cut offהִכְרַתִּיhichrati
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “hichrati” appears- everyone who urinatesמַשְׁתִּיןmashtin
urinate
Urinate. In the phrase "one who urinates against the wall" it is the crude Hebrew way of saying "male."
Where else “mashtin” appears- against the wallקִירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears- restrainedעָצוּרatsur
restrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsur” appears- and leftעָזוּבazuv
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “azuv” appears- in 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- and I will sweep awayבִעַרְתִּיviarti
sweep away
To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".
Where else “viarti” appears- dungגָּלָלgalal
dung
Dung, excrement; used as an image of what is swept up and thrown away.
Where else “galal” appears- it is goneתֻּמּtum
end
To be over, reach its close.
Where else “tum” appears
Translation note
“Everyone who urinates against the wall”: a crude Hebrew way of saying “every male” (also in 1 Samuel 25:22). “Restrained and left” is a fixed expression of uncertain meaning (Deuteronomy 32:36); it can be understood that no one will remain, whatever his condition.
The context
9but you have done evil more than all who were before you, and you have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images to provoke me to anger, and me you have thrown behind your back;
10 · This verse (above)
11Whoever of Jeroboam’s house dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and whoever dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat; for YHWH has spoken.’