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The daysוְהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרJeroboamיָרָבְעָםreignedמָלַךְwere twentyעֶשְׂרִיםand twoוּשְׁתַּיִםyears;שָׁנָהand he lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבwithעִםhis fathers,אֲבֹתָיוand Nadabוַ נָדָבhis sonבְּנוֹreignedיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
1 Kings 14:20
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:20, word by word
- The daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- 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- reignedמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- were twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- and twoשְׁתַּיִםshetayim
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shetayim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- and he lay downיִּשְׁכַּבyishkav
sleep in death
To die, like lying down to sleep beside one's ancestors.
Where else “yishkav” appears- his fathersאֲבֹתָיavotay
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avotay” appears- and Nadabנָדָבnadav
Nadab
Nadab: the name of several Israelites, among them the oldest son of Aaron and a king of Israel.
Where else “nadav” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21Now Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that YHWH chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite.