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Now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנֵּהI knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיyou will surely be king,מָלֹךְ תִּמְלוֹךְand the kingdomוְ מַמְלֶכֶתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwill stand firmקָמָהin your hand.בְּיָדְךָ
1 Samuel 24:20
Study it in the app“Now, look, I know that you will surely be king, and the kingdom of Israel will stand firm in your hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 24:20, word by word
- I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- you will surely be kingמָלֹךְmaloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “maloch” appears- and the kingdomמַמְלֶכֶתmamlechet
kingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlechet” appears- of 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- will stand firmקָמָהkama
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kama” appears- in your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
19When a man finds his enemy, will he send him off on a good way? May YHWH repay you with good for what you have done to me this day.
20 · This verse (above)
21Now swear to me by YHWH that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name from the house of my father.”