1 Kings

1 Kings 2:15

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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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
You	אַ֤תְּ	’at	Pronoun - second person feminine singular	H859 thou
know	יָדַ֙עַתְּ֙	yā·ḏa·‘at	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H3045 know
that	כִּי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the kingship	הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה	ham·mə·lū·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4410 kingship, royalty
was mine	הָיְתָ֣ה	hā·yə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
he said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
All	כָֽל־	ḵāl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
expected	וְעָלַ֞י	wə·‘ā·lay	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
that I should reign	לִמְלֹ֑ךְ	lim·lōḵ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
but the kingship	הַמְּלוּכָה֙	ham·mə·lū·ḵāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4410 kingship, royalty
has turned	וַתִּסֹּ֤ב	wat·tis·sōḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5437 turn about, go around, surround
to my brother	לְאָחִ֔י	lə·’ā·ḥî	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H251 brother
for	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
it has come	הָ֥יְתָה	hā·yə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
to him	לּֽוֹ׃	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
from the LORD	מֵיְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-m; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Chronicles 28:5–7 · 1 Chronicles 22:9–10 · 1 Kings 1:25 · 1 Kings 1:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.