1 Kings 4:26 Go deeper

And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (KJV)

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וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it belonged

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 1

לִשְׁלֹמֹ֗הlish.lo.Mohto 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 4:26 word 2

אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'Imforty

Lemma: אַרְבָּעִים (ar.ba.im) · Strong's: H0705

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: forty

Used 135 times. Also: Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0705; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 3

אֶ֛לֶף'E.lefthousand

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 4

אֻרְוֹ֥ת'ur.Votstalls of

Lemma: אֻרְיָה (ur.vah) · Strong's: H0723

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: stall

Used 3 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 9:25, 2 Chronicles 32:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0723; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 5

סוּסִ֖יםsu.Simhorses

Lemma: סוּס (sus) · Strong's: H5483M

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: horse

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 47:17, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 15:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5483M; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 6

לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹle.mer.ka.Vofor chariotry his

Lemma: מֶרְכָּב (mer.kav) · Strong's: H4817

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: chariot

Used 3 times. Also: Leviticus 15:9, Song of Solomon 3:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4817; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 7

וּשְׁנֵים\־u.she.neim-and two [plus]

Lemma: שְׁנַ֫יִם (she.na.yim) · Strong's: H8147

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Absolute (HNcbda)

Meaning: two

Used 767 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 4:19, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8147; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 8

עָשָׂ֥ר'a.Sarten

Lemma: עָשָׂר (a.sar) · Strong's: H6240

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: ten

Used 337 times. Also: Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 11:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6240; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 9

אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousand

Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: thousand

Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 10

פָּרָשִֽׁים\׃pa.ra.Shimhorsemen

Lemma: פָּרָשׁ (pa.rash) · Strong's: H6571B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: horseman

Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 50:9, Exodus 14:9, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 14:23, Exodus 14:26 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6571B; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:26 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Solomon	→	שְׁלֹמֹה H8010 Solomon
had	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
4,000 {}	→	אַרְבָּעִים H0705 forty
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
stalls	→	אֻרְיָה H0723 stall
for his chariot	→	מֶרְכָּב H4817 chariot
horses	→	סוּס H5483M horse
and 12,000	→	שְׁנַ֫יִם H8147 two
. . .	→	עָשָׂר H6240 ten
. . .	→	אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand
horses	→	פָּרָשׁ H6571B horseman

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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