Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his wife,לְאִשְׁתּוֹ“Get up,קוּמִיplease,נָאand disguise yourself,וְהִשְׁתַּנִּיתso thatוְthey will notלֹאknowיֵדְעוּthatכִּיyouאַתְּare the wifeאֵשֶׁתof Jeroboam,יָרָבְעָםand goוְהָלַכְתְּto Shiloh.שִׁלֹהLook,הִנֵּהthereשָׁםis Ahijahאֲחִיָּהthe prophet;הַנָּבִיאheהוּאspokeדִבֶּרabout meעָלַיthat I would be kingלְמֶלֶךְoverעַלthisהַזֶּהpeople.הָעָם
1 Kings 14:2
Study it in the app“Jeroboam said to his wife, “Get up, please, and disguise yourself, so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Look, there is Ahijah the prophet; he spoke about me that I would be king over this people.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:2, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- “Get upקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- and disguise yourselfהִשְׁתַּנִּיתhishtanit
disguise oneself
To change one's appearance so no one recognizes him.
Where else “hishtanit” appears- knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- and goהָלַכְתְּhalacht
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halacht” appears- to Shilohשִׁלֹהshilo
Shiloh
See it on the mapWhere else “shilo” appears- is Ahijahאֲחִיָּהachiya
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 “achiya” appears- the prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- spokeדִבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- that I would be kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
Places in this verse
Shiloh
Today: Khirbet Seilun (Tel Shiloh), West Bank
A town in the hills of Ephraim, about 19 miles (30 km) north of Jerusalem.
The tabernacle stood there in the days of Joshua and Eli (Josh 18:1; 1 Sam 1:3). Hannah prayed there, and Samuel was born (1 Sam 1:9-20).
The context
1At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 · This verse (above)
3Take in your hand ten loaves of bread, and cakes, and a jar of honey, and go in to him; he will tell you what will happen to the boy.”