1 Kings
1 Kings 3:7
7And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And now | וְעַתָּה֙ | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| O LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| my God | אֱלֹהָ֔י | ’ĕ·lō·hāy | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H430 God |
| You | אַתָּה֙ | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| Your servant | עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ‘aḇ·də·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| king | הִמְלַ֣כְתָּ | him·laḵ·tā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign |
| in my father | אָבִ֑י | ’ā·ḇî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1 father |
| David’s | דָּוִ֣ד | dā·wiḏ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H1732 David |
| place | תַּ֖חַת | ta·ḥaṯ | Preposition | H8478 the under part |
| But I | וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ | wə·’ā·nō·ḵî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H595 I |
| only a little | קָטֹ֔ן | qā·ṭōn | Adjective - masculine singular | H6996 small, young, unimportant |
| child | נַ֣עַר | na·‘ar | Noun - masculine singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| knowing | אֵדַ֖ע | ’ê·ḏa‘ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| to go out | צֵ֥את | ṣêṯ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3318 go or come out |
| or come in | וָבֹֽא׃ | wā·ḇō | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Chronicles 29:1 · Numbers 27:17 · Jeremiah 1:6 · Matthew 18:3–4 · Daniel 2:21 · Daniel 4:32 · 2 Samuel 5:2 · Psalm 121:8 · 1 Samuel 18:16 · Daniel 4:25 · Ecclesiastes 10:16 · John 10:3–4
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.