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Why thenוּמַדּוּעַhave you notלֹאkeptשָׁמַרְתָּthe oathאֵת שְׁבֻעַתof YHWHיְהוָהandוְthe commandmentאֶת הַמִּצְוָהthatאֲשֶׁרI commandedצִוִּיתִיyou?”עָלֶיךָ
1 Kings 2:43
Study it in the app“Why then have you not kept the oath of YHWH and the commandment that I commanded you?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 2:43, word by word
- Why thenמַדּוּעַmadua
why?
Why? For what reason?
Where else “madua” appears- keptשָׁמַרְתָּshamarta
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shamarta” appears- the oathשְׁבֻעַתshevuat
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevuat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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 “yehva” appears- the commandmentמִּצְוָהmitsva
commandment
An order of God that must be kept.
Where else “mitsva” appears- I commandedצִוִּיתִיtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears
The context
42And the king sent and called Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by YHWH, and testify against you, saying, ‘On the day you go out and go this way or that, know for certain that you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word is good; I have heard it.’
43 · This verse (above)
44And the king said to Shimei, “You know all the evil that your heart knows, that you did to David my father; so YHWH will bring back your evil on your head.