and toreוָאֶקְרַעthe kingdomהַמַּמְלָכָהaway fromמִthe houseבֵּיתof Davidדָּוִדand gave itוָאֶתְּנֶהָto you,לָךְyetוְyou have notלֹאbeenהָיִיתָlike my servantכְּעַבְדִּיDavid,דָוִדwhoאֲשֶׁרkeptשָׁמַרmy commandmentsמִצְוֺתַיand whoוַאֲשֶׁרfollowedהָלַךְmeאַחֲרַיwith allבְּכָלhis heart,לְבָבוֹto doלַעֲשׂוֹתonlyרַקwhat is rightהַיָּשָׁרin my eyes,בְּעֵינָי
1 Kings 14:8
Study it in the app“and 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,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 14:8, word by word
- and toreאֶקְרַעekra
tear away
To take something away violently, as a piece of cloth is torn off: a kingdom.
Where else “ekra” appears- the kingdomמַּמְלָכָהmamlacha
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears- of Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and gave itאֶתְּנֶetne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appears- beenהָיִיתָhayita
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayita” appears- like my servantעַבְדִּavdi
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avdi” appears- keptשָׁמַרshamar
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamar” appears- my commandmentsמִצְוֺתַmitsvota
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsvota” appears- followedהָלַךְhalach
follow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halach” appears- his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- what is rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in my eyesעֵינָena
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appears
The context
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,
8 · This verse (above)
9but you have done evil more than all who were before you, and you have gone and made for yourself other gods and cast images to provoke me to anger, and me you have thrown behind your back;