1 Kings

1 Kings 15:1

¹In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam^a became king of Judah,

Footnotes

a 15:1 Abijam is a variant of Abijah; some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX Abijah; also in verses 3, 6, 7, and 8; see 2 Chronicles 12:16|2CH 12:16.

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
In the eighteenth	שְׁמֹנֶ֣ה	šə·mō·neh	Number - feminine singular	H8083 eight
year	וּבִשְׁנַת֙	ū·ḇiš·naṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8141 year
of the reign	לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	lam·me·leḵ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
of Jeroboam	יָרָבְעָ֣ם	yā·rā·ḇə·‘ām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3379 Jeroboam
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Nebat	נְבָ֑ט	nə·ḇāṭ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5028 Nebat
Abijam	אֲבִיָּ֖ם	’ă·ḇî·yām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H38 Abijam
became king	מָלַ֥ךְ	mā·laḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
of	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
Judah	יְהוּדָֽה׃	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.