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And YHWHוְ יְהוָהwill raise upהֵקִיםfor himselfלוֹa kingמֶלֶךְoverעַלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרwill cut offיַכְרִיתthe houseבֵּיתof Jeroboam.יָרָבְעָםThisזֶהis the day;הַיּוֹםand what?וּמֶהEvenגַּםnow.עָתָּה
1 Kings 14:14
Study it in the app“And YHWH will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam. This is the day; and what? Even now.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:14, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- will raise upהֵקִיםhekim
establish
To put something up, or confirm a covenant.
Where else “hekim” appears- a kingמֶלֶךְmelech
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- will cut offיַכְרִיתyachrit
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yachrit” 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- is the dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
Translation note
The end of the verse is very short and obscure in Hebrew: literally “this the day, and what? also now.” It seems to say that the announced punishment is already beginning. The announcement is fulfilled in 1 Kings 15:27-30.
The context
13All Israel will lament for him and bury him, for this one alone of Jeroboam’s house will come to a tomb, because in him something good toward YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has been found in the house of Jeroboam.
14 · This verse (above)
15YHWH will strike Israel, as the reed sways in the water; and he will uproot Israel from off this good land that he gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River Euphrates, because they have made their Asherahs, provoking YHWH to anger.