Study it in the app“So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her, and sat on his throne and set a throne for the mother of the king, and she sat at his right.”
So Bathshebaוַ בַת שֶׁבַעwentתָּבֹאtoאֶלKingהַמֶּלֶךְSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהto speakלְדַבֶּרto himלוֹforעַלAdonijah.אֲדֹנִיָּהוּAnd the kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְroseיָּקָםto meet herלִקְרָאתָהּand bowed downוַיִּשְׁתַּחוּto her,לָהּand satוַיֵּשֶׁבonעַלhis throneכִּסְאוֹand setוַיָּשֶׂםa throneכִּסֵּאfor the motherלְאֵםof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְand she satוַתֵּשֶׁבat his right.לִימִינוֹ
Bathsheba
Bathsheba: wife of Uriah the Hittite and then of David; mother of Solomon (2 Samuel 11–12; 1 Kings 1). It means "daughter of the oath."
Where else “vat” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “tavo” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsSolomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “daber” appearsAdonijah
Adonijah: the name of several men; the best known is the fourth son of David, who tried to become king instead of Solomon (1 Kings 1). It means "my Lord is YHWH."
Where else “adoniyahu” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerata” appearsbow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “yishtachu” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsthrone
Literally "the seat": the king's chair, or YHWH's, from which he rules.
Where else “kis” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appearsright hand
The hand on the side of strength and honor.
Where else “ymin” appears18And Bathsheba said, “Good; I will speak for you to the king.”
19 · This verse (above)
20And she said, “One small request I am asking of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”
