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For it will be,וְהָיָהon the dayבְּיוֹםyou go outצֵאתְךָand crossוְעָבַרְתָּthe brookאֶת נַחַלKidron,קִדְרוֹןknow for certainיָדֹעַ תֵּדַעthatכִּיyou shall surely die;מוֹת תָּמוּתyour bloodדָּמְךָshall beיִהְיֶהon your head.”בְרֹאשֶׁךָ
1 Kings 2:37
Study it in the app“For it will be, on the day you go out and cross the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your head.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:37, word by word
- For it will beהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- you go outצֵאתְtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- and crossעָבַרְתָּavarta
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avarta” appears- the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Kidronקִדְרוֹןkidron
Kidron
See it on the mapWhere else “kidron” appears- know for certainיָדֹעַyadoa
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadoa” appears- you shall surely dieמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- your bloodדָּמְdam
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “dam” appears- on your headרֹאשֶׁroshe
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshe” appears
Places in this verse
Kidron
Today: Kidron Valley (Wadi en-Nar), Jerusalem
The valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, east of the city.
David crossed it as he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 15:23). Good kings burned idolatrous objects there (2 Kgs 23:4).
The context
36And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there this way or that.
37 · This verse (above)
38And Shimei said to the king, “The word is good; as my lord the king has spoken, so will your servant do.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.