1 Kings 14:7

“Go, 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,”

1 Kings 14:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 14:7, word by word

Goלְכִיlechi

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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sayאִמְרִיimri

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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to 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).

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

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.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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I raised you upהֲרִימֹתִיharimoti

lift up

To put on high: to raise the voice, praise God, or be God lifting up the lowly.

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from amongתּוֹךְtoch

midst

The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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and made youאֶתֶּנְeten

make

To make someone something: "I have made you a father".

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leaderנָגִידnagid

leader

Leader: the one who goes at the head of others, in war, in government or in worship. In the books of Samuel it is used of the one whom YHWH places at the head of his people.

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The context

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.

7 · This verse (above)

8and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, yet you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commandments and who followed me with all his heart, to do only what is right in my eyes,

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