1 Kings 12:9
He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”
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ASV
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?
KJV
And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם | 'a.lei.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| מָ֚ה | mah | what? | H4100 → |
| אַתֶּ֣ם | 'a.Tem | [are] you | H859 → |
| נֽוֹעָצִ֔ים | no.'a.Tzim | counseling | H3289 → |
| וְנָשִׁ֥יב | ve.na.Shiv | and we may bring back | H7725 → |
| דָּבָ֖ר | da.Var | word | H1697 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעָ֣ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| דִּבְּר֤וּ | di.be.Ru | they have spoken | H1696 → |
| אֵלַי֙ | 'e.Lai | to me | H413 → |
| לֵאמֹ֔ר | le.Mor | <to> saying | H559 → |
| הָקֵל֙ | ha.Kel | lighten | H7043 → |
| מִן־ | min- | some of | H4480 → |
| הָעֹ֔ל | ha.'Ol | the yoke | H5923 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | which | H834 → |
| נָתַ֥ן | na.Tan | he put | H5414 → |
| אָבִ֖יךָ | 'a.Vi.kha | father your | H1 → |
| עָלֵֽינוּ׃ | 'a.Lei.nu | on us | H5921 → |
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