1 Kings 14:5

“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.””

1 Kings 14:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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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.

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