1 Kings 2:15
“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.
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ASV
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s; for it was his from Jehovah.
KJV
And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother’s: for it was his from the Lord.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| אַ֤תְּ | 'at | you | H859 → |
| יָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ | ya.Da.'at | you know | H3045 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| לִי֙ | li | to me | |
| הָיְתָ֣ה | ha.ye.Tah | it belonged | H1961 → |
| הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה | ha.me.lu.Khah | the kingship | H4410 → |
| וְעָלַ֞י | ve.'a.Lai | and on me | H5921 → |
| שָׂ֧מוּ | Sa.mu | they set | H7760 → |
| כָֽל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | Yis.ra.'El | Israel | H3478 → |
| פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם | pe.nei.Hem | faces their | H6440 → |
| לִמְלֹ֑ךְ | lim.Lokh | to become king | H4427 → |
| וַתִּסֹּ֤ב | va.ti.So | and it has turned round | H5437 → |
| הַמְּלוּכָה֙ | ha.me.lu.Khah | the kingship | H4410 → |
| וַתְּהִ֣י | va.te.Hi | and it has belonged | H1961 → |
| לְאָחִ֔י | le.'a.Chi | to brother my | H251 → |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| מֵיְהוָ֖ה | me.Yah.weh | from Yahweh | H3068 → |
| הָ֥יְתָה | Ha.ye.tah | it belonged | H1961 → |
| לּֽוֹ׃ | lo | to him |
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