1 Kings 2:20

“And 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.””

1 Kings 2:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 2:20, word by word

And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

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

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“Oneאַחַתachat

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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smallקְטַנָּהketana

small

What is small in size or counts for little.

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requestשְׁאֵלָהsheela

request

Request: what one asks of another.

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am askingשֹׁאֶלֶתshoelet

ask for

To ask for something, or borrow.

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refuse meתָּשֶׁבtashev

return

To go back to a place.

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refuse meפָּנָpana

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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And the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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my motherאִמִּimi

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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The context

19So 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.

20 · This verse (above)

21And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.”

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