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And he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I haveלִיa wordדָּבָרfor you.”אֵלָיִךְAnd she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Speak.”דַּבֵּר
1 Kings 2:14
Study it in the app“And he said, “I have a word for you.” And she said, “Speak.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:14, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- a wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- “Speakדַּבֵּרdaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appears
The context
13Then Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. And she said, “Is your coming in peace?” And he said, “In peace.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And he said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that on me all Israel had set their faces for me to reign; but the kingdom turned around and became my brother’s, for it was his from YHWH.