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And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“Let Abishagאֶת אֲבִישַׁגthe Shunammiteהַשֻּׁנַמִּיתbe givenיֻתַּןto Adonijahלַאֲדֹנִיָּהוּyour brotherאָחִיךָas a wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
1 Kings 2:21
Study it in the app“And she said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:21, word by word
- And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Let Abishagאֲבִישַׁגavishag
Abishag
Abishag: a very beautiful girl from Shunem who looked after King David in his old age (1 Kings 1:3-4). Later Adonijah asked for her as his wife, and that cost him his life (1 Kings 2:13-25).
Where else “avishag” appears- the Shunammiteשֻּׁנַמִּיתshunamit
Shunammite
Shunammite: a woman from Shunem, a town of the tribe of Issachar, in the north of Israel. Abishag is called this, and so is the woman who gave lodging to the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 4).
Where else “shunamit” appears- be givenיֻתַּןyutan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yutan” appears- to Adonijahאֲדֹנִיָּהוּadoniyahu
Adonijah
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” appears- your brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22And King Solomon answered and said to his mother, “And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom — for he is my brother, older than I — for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”