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And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
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 2:21 word 1
יֻתַּ֖ןyu.Tanlet it be given
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414O
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to give: give(marriage)
Used 45 times. Also: Genesis 29:26, Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:8, Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414O; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 2
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 3
אֲבִישַׁ֣ג'a.vi.ShagAbishag
Lemma: אֲבִישַׁג (a.vi.shag) · Strong's: H0049
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Abishag
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Kings 1:3, 1 Kings 1:15, 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0049; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 4
הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֑יתha.shu.na.Mitthe Shunammite
Lemma: שׁוּנַמִּית (shu.nam.mit) · Strong's: H7767
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNgfsa)
Meaning: Shunammites
Used 8 times. Also: 1 Kings 1:3, 1 Kings 1:15, 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:22, 2 Kings 4:12, 2 Kings 4:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7767; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 5
לַאֲדֹנִיָּ֥הוּla.'a.do.ni.Ya.huto Adonijah
Lemma: אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ (a.do.niy.yah) · Strong's: H0138G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Adonijah
Used 24 times. Also: 2 Samuel 3:4, 1 Kings 1:5, 1 Kings 1:7, 1 Kings 1:8, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Kings 1:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0138G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 6
אָחִ֖יךָ'a.Chi.khabrother your
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:21 word 7
לְאִשָּֽׁה\׃le.'i.Shahto a wife
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 2:21 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So [Bathsheba] said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Let Abishag | → | אֲבִישַׁג H0049 Abishag |
| the Shunammite | → | שׁוּנַמִּית H7767 Shunammites |
| be given | → | נָתַן H5414O to give: give(marriage) |
| to your brother | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| Adonijah | → | אֲדֹנִיָּ֫הוּ H0138G Adonijah |
| as his wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
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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