1 Kings 14:18

“They buried him, and all Israel lamented for him, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the prophet.”

1 Kings 14:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 14:18, word by word

They buriedיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru

bury

Bury.

Where else “yikbru” 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.

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lamentedיִּסְפְּדוּyispdu

mourn, lament

Mourn, lament: wail over the dead with the customary signs of grief, such as beating the breast.

Where else “yispdu” appears
according to the wordדְבַרdevar

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

Where else “devar” appears
of 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.

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he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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throughיַדyad

through

Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.

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his servantעַבְדּavd

servant of YHWH

YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.

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Ahijahאֲחִיָּהוּachiyahu

Ahijah

Ahijah: the name of several people; among them the priest who carried the ephod in Saul's time (1 Samuel 14:3) and the prophet from Shiloh (1 Kings 11:29). It means "brother of YHWH."

Where else “achiyahu” appears
the prophetנָּבִיאnavi

prophet

Someone who speaks for YHWH.

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The context

17Jeroboam’s wife got up and went and came to Tirzah. As she was coming over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

18 · This verse (above)

19The rest of the deeds of Jeroboam, how he fought and how he reigned, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

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