Study it in the app“And King Solomon swore by YHWH, saying, “So may Elohim do to me, and so may he add, for against his own life Adonijah has spoken this word!”
And Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהsworeיִּשָּׁבַעby YHWH,בַּיהוָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Soכֹּהmay Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשֶׂהto me,לִּיand soוְכֹהmay he add,יוֹסִיףforכִּיagainst his own lifeבְנַפְשׁוֹAdonijahאֲדֹנִיָּהוּhas spokenדִּבֶּרthisהַזֶּהword!אֶת הַדָּבָר
king
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” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishava” appearsYHWH
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 “yhva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsadd
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” 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” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears22And 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!”
23 · This verse (above)
24And now, as YHWH lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made for me a house, as he spoke, surely today Adonijah shall be put to death.”
