And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Ahijahכִ אֲחִיָּהוּheardשְׁמֹעַthe soundקוֹלof her feetרַגְלֶיהָas she cameבָּאָהin at the doorway,בַפֶּתַחthat he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Come in,בֹּאִיwifeאֵשֶׁתof Jeroboam.יָרָבְעָםWhyלָמָּה זֶּהare youאַתְּpretending to be another woman?מִתְנַכֵּרָהAnd Iוְאָנֹכִיam sentשָׁלוּחַto youאֵלַיִךְwith a hard word.קָשָׁה
1 Kings 14:6
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:6, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when 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- heardשְׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appears- the soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of her feetרַגְלֶיragle
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “ragle” appears- as she cameבָּאָהbaa
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “baa” appears- in at the doorwayפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- that he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- 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- pretending to be another womanמִתְנַכֵּרָהmitnakera
disguise
To disguise oneself, pretend to be another.
Where else “mitnakera” appears- am sentשָׁלוּחַshaluach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shaluach” appears- with a hard wordקָשָׁהkasha
hard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kasha” appears
The context
5But 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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7Go, say to Jeroboam, ‘Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: Because I raised you up from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel,