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And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon’s servant, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. (KJV)
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וְיָרָבְעָם֩ve.ya.ra.ve.'Amand Jeroboam
Lemma: יָֽרָבְעָם (ya.rov.am) · Strong's: H3379G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jeroboam
Used 90 times. Also: 1 Kings 11:28, 1 Kings 11:29, 1 Kings 11:31, 1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 12:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3379G; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 1
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 2
נְבָ֨טne.VatNebat
Lemma: נְבָט (ne.vat) · Strong's: H5028
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Nebat
Used 25 times. Also: 1 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 12:15, 1 Kings 15:1, 1 Kings 16:3, 1 Kings 16:26, 1 Kings 16:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5028; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 3
אֶפְרָתִ֜י'ef.ra.Tian Ephrathite
Lemma: אֶפְרָתִי (eph.ra.ti) · Strong's: H0673G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Ephraimite
Used 3 times. Also: Judges 12:5, 1 Samuel 1:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0673G; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 4
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 5
הַצְּרֵדָ֗הha.tze.re.Dah<the> Zeredah
Lemma: צְרֵדָה (tse.re.dah) · Strong's: H6868G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zeredah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6868G; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 6
וְשֵׁ֤םve.Shemand [the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 7
אִמּוֹ֙'i.Momother his
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 8
צְרוּעָה֙tze.ru.'Ah[was] Zeruah
Lemma: צְרוּעָה (tse.ru.ah) · Strong's: H6871
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Zeruah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6871; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 9
אִשָּׁ֣ה'i.Shaha woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 10
אַלְמָנָ֔ה'al.ma.Naha widow
Lemma: אַלְמָנָה (al.ma.nah) · Strong's: H0490
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: widow
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 38:11, Exodus 22:22, Exodus 22:24, Leviticus 21:14, Leviticus 22:13, Numbers 30:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0490; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 11
עֶ֖בֶד'E.veda servant
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 12
לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑הlish.lo.Mohof Solomon
Lemma: שְׁלֹמֹה (she.lo.moh) · Strong's: H8010
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Solomon
Used 293 times. Also: 2 Samuel 5:14, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:10, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:12, 1 Kings 1:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8010; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 13
וַיָּ֥רֶםvai.Ya.remand he raised
Lemma: רוּם (rum) · Strong's: H7311A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to exalt
Used 185 times. Also: Genesis 7:17, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 31:45, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7311A; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 14
יָ֖דyada hand
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 15
בַּמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ba.Me.lekhon the king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:26 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now Jeroboam | → | יָֽרָבְעָם H3379G Jeroboam |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Nebat | → | נְבָט H5028 Nebat |
| [was] an Ephraimite | → | אֶפְרָתִי H0673G Ephraimite |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| Zeredah | → | צְרֵדָה H6868G Zeredah |
| whose mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| . . . | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| [was] a widow | → | אַלְמָנָה H0490 widow |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Zeruah | → | צְרוּעָה H6871 Zeruah |
| [Jeroboam was] a servant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| of Solomon | → | שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon |
| but he rebelled | → | רוּם H7311A to exalt |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| against the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
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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