1 Kings 11:8 Go deeper
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And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (KJV)
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וְכֵ֣ןve.Khenand thus
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 1
עָשָׂ֔ה'a.Sahhe did
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 2
לְכָל\־le.kholfor 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 11:8 word 3
נָשָׁ֖יוna.Shavwives his
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 11:8 word 4
הַנָּכְרִיּ֑וֹתha.na.khe.ri.Yot<the> foreign
Lemma: נׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) · Strong's: H5237
Parsing: Aafpa (Aafpa)
Meaning: foreign
Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 31:15, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 18:3, Exodus 21:8, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5237; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 5
מַקְטִיר֥וֹתmak.ti.Rot[who] made smoke
Lemma: קָטַר (qa.tar) · Strong's: H6999H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrfpa)
Meaning: to offer: offer
Used 53 times. Also: 1 Kings 3:3, 1 Kings 9:25, 1 Kings 12:33, 1 Kings 13:1, 1 Kings 13:2, 1 Kings 22:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6999H; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 6
וּֽמְזַבְּח֖וֹתu.me.za.be.Chotand [who] sacrificed
Lemma: זָבַח (za.vach) · Strong's: H2076
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVprfpa)
Meaning: to sacrifice
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 31:54, Genesis 46:1, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2076; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 7
לֵאלֹהֵיהֶֽן\׃le.lo.hei.Hento gods their
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: God
Used 215 times. Also: Genesis 31:30, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 35:4, Exodus 12:12, Exodus 18:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430J; TAHOT 1 Kings 11:8 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| the same | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| for all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| his foreign | → | נׇכְרִי H5237 foreign |
| wives | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| who burned incense | → | קָטַר H6999H to offer: offer |
| and sacrificed | → | זָבַח H2076 to sacrifice |
| to their gods | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430J God |
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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