And it happened,וַיְהִיas soon as he reigned,כְמָלְכוֹthat he struck downהִכָּהallכָּלthe houseבֵּיתof Jeroboam;יָרָבְעָםhe did notלֹאleaveהִשְׁאִירto Jeroboamלְיָרָבְעָםanyכָּלbreathing thingנְשָׁמָהuntilעַדhe had destroyed it,הִשְׁמִדוֹaccording to the wordכִּדְבַרof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe spokeדִּבֶּרthroughבְּיַדhis servantעַבְדּוֹAhijahאֲחִיָּהthe Shilonite,הַשִּׁילֹנִי
1 Kings 15:29
Study it in the app“And it happened, as soon as he reigned, that he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he did not leave to Jeroboam any breathing thing until he had destroyed it, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite,”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 15:29, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- as soon as he reignedמָלְכmalch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malch” appears- that he struck downהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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- leaveהִשְׁאִירhishir
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “hishir” appears- breathing thingנְשָׁמָהneshama
breath
The puff of life God gave; "every living thing that draws air".
Where else “neshama” appears- he had destroyed itהִשְׁמִדhishmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishmid” appears- according to the wordדְבַרdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- of 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- he spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- throughיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- his servantעַבְדּavd
servant of YHWH
YHWH's servant, like Moses or David.
Where else “avd” appears- Ahijahאֲחִיָּהachiya
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 “achiya” appears- the Shiloniteשִּׁילֹנִיshiloni
Shilonite
Shilonite: a native of Shiloh, the city of Ephraim where the tent of meeting stood. The prophet Ahijah is called this.
Where else “shiloni” appears
The context
28Baasha put him to death in year three of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.
29 · This verse (above)
30because of the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and with which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked to anger YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.