And Solomon hadוְלִשְׁלֹמֹהtwelveשְׁנֵים עָשָׂרprefectsנִצָּבִיםoverעַלallכָּלIsrael,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they sustainedוְכִלְכְּלוּthe kingאֶת הַמֶּלֶךְand his house;וְאֶת בֵּיתוֹfor a monthחֹדֶשׁin the yearבַּשָּׁנָהit would beיִהְיֶהonעַלeach oneהָאֶחָדto sustain them.לְכַלְכֵּל
1 Kings 4:7
Study it in the app“And Solomon had twelve prefects over all Israel, and they sustained the king and his house; for a month in the year it would be on each one to sustain them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 4:7, word by word
- And Solomon hadשְׁלֹמֹהshelomo
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- twelveשְׁנֵיםshenem
double
Twice the amount, or two plus ten to say twelve.
Where else “shenem” appears- twelveעָשָׂרasar
-teen (ten)
Ten, in the numbers from 11 to 19 (like the "-teen" in "thirteen"); also "-teenth".
Where else “asar” appears- prefectsנִצָּבִיםnitsavim
prefect
One in charge of others.
Where else “nitsavim” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and they sustainedכִלְכְּלוּchilklu
provide for
To feed someone, keep them alive.
Where else “chilklu” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- and his houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- for a monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- it would beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- each oneאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears
The context
6and Ahishar was over the house; and Adoniram son of Abda was over the forced labor.
7 · This verse (above)
8And these are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim;