1 Kings 1:40 Go deeper
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And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. (KJV)
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וַיַּעֲל֤וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they went up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 1
כָל\־khol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 2
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 3
אַֽחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.Ravafter him
Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)
Meaning: after
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 4
וְהָעָם֙ve.ha.'Amand the people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 5
מְחַלְּלִ֣יםme.cha.le.Lim[were] playing [the] flute
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490B
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)
Meaning: to play flute
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 87:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490B; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 6
בַּחֲלִלִ֔יםba.cha.li.Limwith flutes
Lemma: חָלִיל (cha.lil) · Strong's: H2485
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: flute
Used 6 times. Also: 1 Samuel 10:5, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 30:29, Jeremiah 48:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2485; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 7
וּשְׂמֵחִ֖יםu.se.me.Chimand joyful
Lemma: שָׂמֵחַ (sa.me.ach) · Strong's: H8056
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: glad
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 16:15, 1 Kings 1:45, 1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 8:66, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Chronicles 7:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8056; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 8
שִׂמְחָ֣הsim.Chahjoy
Lemma: שִׂמְחָה (sim.chah) · Strong's: H8057
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: joy
Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 31:27, Numbers 10:10, Deuteronomy 28:47, Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 18:6, 2 Samuel 6:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8057; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 9
גְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.Lahgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 10
וַתִּבָּקַ֥עva.ti.ba.Ka'and it was split open
Lemma: בָּקַע (ba.qa) · Strong's: H1234
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVNw3fs)
Meaning: to break up/open
Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 22:3, Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:21, Numbers 16:31, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1234; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 11
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 12
בְּקוֹלָֽם\׃be.ko.Lamby noise their
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice: sound
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 28:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963H; TAHOT 1 Kings 1:40 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| All | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| . . . | → | אַחַר H0310A after |
| . . . | → | עַם H5971A people |
| followed him | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| playing | → | חָלַל H2490B to play flute |
| flutes | → | חָלִיל H2485 flute |
| and rejoicing | → | שָׂמֵחַ H8056 glad |
| with such a great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| joy | → | שִׂמְחָה H8057 joy |
| that the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| was split | → | בָּקַע H1234 to break up/open |
| by the sound | → | קוֹל H6963H voice: sound |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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