But YHWHוַיהוָהhad saidאָמַרtoאֶלAhijah,אֲחִיָּהוּ“Look,הִנֵּהthe wifeאֵשֶׁתof Jeroboamיָרָבְעָםis comingבָּאָהto seekלִדְרֹשׁa wordדָּבָרfrom youמֵעִמְּךָaboutאֶלher son,בְּנָהּforכִּיheהוּאis sick.חֹלֶהThusכָּזֹהand thusוְכָזֶהyou shall speakתְּדַבֵּרto her.אֵלֶיהָAnd it will be,וִיהִיwhen she comes in,כְבֹאָהּthat sheוְהִיאwill be pretending to be another woman.”מִתְנַכֵּרָה
1 Kings 14:5
Study it in the app“But YHWH had said to Ahijah, “Look, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to seek a word from you about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall speak to her. And it will be, when she comes in, that she will be pretending to be another woman.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:5, word by word
- But YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- had saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- 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 wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” 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 comingבָּאָהbaa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baa” appears- to seekדְרֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- her sonבְּנָbena
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bena” appears- is sickחֹלֶהchole
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chole” appears- Thusזֹהzo
this, thus
This, thus: a word that points to something already said or about to be said.
Where else “zo” appears- you shall speakתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- And it will beיהִיyhi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yhi” appears- will be pretending to be another womanמִתְנַכֵּרָהmitnakera
disguise
To disguise oneself, pretend to be another.
Where else “mitnakera” appears
The context
4Jeroboam’s wife did so: she got up and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes had become fixed because of his old age.
5 · This verse (above)
6And it happened, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the doorway, that he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why are you pretending to be another woman? And I am sent to you with a hard word.