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1 Kingschapter 1

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1 Kings 1— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

A cold king and the Shunammite who warmed him1

1 Kings 1:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְהַמֶּ֤לֶךְvehamelekhand the kingH4428דָּוִד֙davidDavidH1732זָקֵ֔ןzakenhe was oldH2204בָּ֖אba'he had comeH935בַּיָּמִ֑יםbaiyamimin <the> daysH3117וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙vaykhasuhuand they covered himH3680בַּבְּגָדִ֔יםbabegadimwith <the> clothesH899וְלֹ֥אvelo'and notH3808יִחַ֖םyichamit was warmH2552לֽוֹ׃loto him

Rashi on I Kings 1:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
But he was not warmed. Our Rabbis said, “He who disgraces clothing will ultimately be deprived of their pleasures.” 1 Maseches Berachos 62b. [Dovid’s clothing did not warm him] because he tore off the corner of Shaul’s robe. 2 See I Shmuel:5.

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