1 Kings
1 Kings 1:12
12Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְעַתָּ֕ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| please | נָ֖א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| come | לְכִ֛י | lə·ḵî | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| and let me advise | אִיעָצֵ֥ךְ | ’î·‘ā·ṣêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; second person feminine singular | H3289 advise, counsel |
| you | עֵצָ֑ה | ‘ê·ṣāh | Noun - feminine singular | H6098 counsel, advice |
| Save | וּמַלְּטִי֙ | ū·mal·lə·ṭî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular | H4422 slip away |
| your own life | נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ | nap̄·šêḵ | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| and | וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| the life | נֶ֥פֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular construct | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of your son | בְּנֵ֖ךְ | bə·nêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H1121 son |
| Solomon | שְׁלֹמֹֽה׃ | šə·lō·mōh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8010 Solomon |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.