1 Kings 12:7
They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
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ASV
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
KJV
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ | vay.da.ber | and they spoke | H1696 → |
| אֵלָ֜יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| לֵאמֹ֗ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| הַ֠יּוֹם | Hai.yom | this day | H3117 → |
| תִּֽהְיֶה־ | tih.yeh- | you will be | H1961 → |
| עֶ֜בֶד | 'E.ved | a servant | H5650 → |
| לָעָ֤ם | la.'Am | of the people | H5971 → |
| הַזֶּה֙ | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם | va.'a.vad.Tam | and you will serve them | H5647 → |
| וַעֲנִיתָ֕ם | va.'a.ni.Tam | and you will answer them | H6030 → |
| וְדִבַּרְתָּ֥ | ve.di.bar.Ta | and you will speak | H1696 → |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | 'a.lei.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| דְּבָרִ֣ים | de.va.Rim | words | H1697 → |
| טוֹבִ֑ים | to.Vim | kind | H2896 → |
| וְהָי֥וּ | ve.ha.Yu | and they will be | H1961 → |
| לְךָ֛ | le.Kha | of you | |
| עֲבָדִ֖ים | 'a.va.Dim | servants | H5650 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| הַיָּמִֽים׃ | hai.ya.Mim | the days | H3117 → |
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