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And he spokeוַיְדַבֵּרthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםproverbs,מָשָׁלand his songsשִׁירוֹwereוַיְהִיa thousandאָלֶףand five.חֲמִשָּׁה וָ
1 Kings 4:32
Study it in the app“And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:32, word by word
- And he spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedaber” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- proverbsמָשָׁלmashal
proverb
A short, wise saying.
Where else “mashal” appears- and his songsשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- wereיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- and fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears
The context
31And he was wiser than all human beings, than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his name was among all the nations around.
32 · This verse (above)
33And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that comes out in the wall; and he spoke of the beasts, and of the birds, and of the creeping things, and of the fish.