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And Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְSolomonשְׁלֹמֹהsentיִּשְׁלַחby the handבְּיַדof Benaiahבְּנָיָהוּsonבֶןof Jehoiada,יְהוֹיָדָעand he fell uponוַיִּפְגַּעhim,בּוֹand he died.וַיָּמֹת
1 Kings 2:25
Study it in the app“And King Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he fell upon him, and he died.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:25, word by word
- And Kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
Solomon
Solomon: son of David and Bathsheba, who reigned after him and built the temple. His name comes from "peace" (shalom).
Where else “shelomo” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “yishlach” appears- by the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of Benaiahבְּנָיָהוּbenayahu
Benaiah
Benaiah: the name of several men; the best known is the son of Jehoiada, head of David's guard and later commander of Solomon's army (2 Samuel 8:18; 23:20). It means "YHWH has built."
Where else “benayahu” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Jehoiadaיְהוֹיָדָעyehoyada
Jehoiada
Jehoiada: the name of several men; among them the father of Benaiah (2 Samuel 8:18) and the priest who protected King Joash (2 Kings 11). It means "YHWH knows."
Where else “yehoyada” appears- and he fell uponיִּפְגַּעyifga
fall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “yifga” appears- and he diedיָּמֹתyamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears
The context
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.”
25 · This verse (above)
26And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields, for you deserve death; but on this day I will not put you to death, because you carried the ark of Adonai YHWH before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.”