1 Kings 12:26 Go deeper
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And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 1
יָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboam
Lemma: יָֽרָבְעָם (ya.rov.am) · Strong's: H3379G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jeroboam
Used 90 times. Also: 1 Kings 11:26, 1 Kings 11:28, 1 Kings 11:29, 1 Kings 11:31, 1 Kings 11:40, 1 Kings 12:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3379G; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 2
בְּלִבּ֑וֹbe.li.Boin heart his
Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: heart
Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 3
עַתָּ֛ה'a.Tahnow
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 4
תָּשׁ֥וּבta.Shuvit will return
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 5
הַמַּמְלָכָ֖הha.mam.la.Khahthe kingdom
Lemma: מַמְלָכָה (mam.la.khah) · Strong's: H4467
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: kingdom
Used 117 times. Also: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 20:9, Exodus 19:6, Numbers 32:33, Deuteronomy 3:4, Deuteronomy 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4467; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 6
לְבֵ֥יתle.Veitto [the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 7
דָּוִֽד\׃da.VidDavid
Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: David
Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Kings 12:26 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Jeroboam | → | יָֽרָבְעָם H3379G Jeroboam |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| in his heart | → | לֵב H3820A heart |
| Now | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| the kingdom | → | מַמְלָכָה H4467 kingdom |
| might revert | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to the house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| of David | → | דָּוִד H1732 David |
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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