1 Kings 14:10

“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.”

1 Kings 14:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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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."

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against the wallקִירkir

wall

The wall of a house or a city.

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restrainedעָצוּרatsur

restrain

To stop something, like rain or a plague.

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and leftעָזוּבazuv

leave

To not take something along, or put it in another's care.

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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.

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and I will sweep awayבִעַרְתִּיviarti

sweep away

To wipe out completely: "purge the evil".

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dungגָּלָלgalal

dung

Dung, excrement; used as an image of what is swept up and thrown away.

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it is goneתֻּמּtum

end

To be over, reach its close.

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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.’

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