1 Kings
1 Kings 5:9
9My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea,b and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
Footnotes
- b 5:9 That is, the Mediterranean Sea, also called the Great Sea
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| My servants | עֲ֠בָדַי | ‘ă·ḇā·ḏay | Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular | H5650 slave, servant |
| will haul the logs | יֹרִ֨דוּ | yō·ri·ḏū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3381 come or go down, descend |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| Lebanon | הַלְּבָנ֜וֹן | hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn | Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3844 Lebanon |
| to the Sea | יָ֗מָּה | yām·māh | Noun - masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H3220 sea |
| and I | וַ֠אֲנִי | wa·’ă·nî | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| will float them | אֲשִׂימֵ֨ם | ’ă·śî·mêm | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H7760 put, place, set |
| as rafts | דֹּבְר֤וֹת | dō·ḇə·rō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural | H1702 raft |
| by sea | בַּיָּם֙ | bay·yām | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3220 sea |
| to | עַֽד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| the place | הַמָּק֞וֹם | ham·mā·qō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4725 standing, spot, condition |
| you specify | תִּשְׁלַ֥ח | tiš·laḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7971 send |
| There | שָׁ֖ם | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| I will separate | וְנִפַּצְתִּ֥ים | wə·nip·paṣ·tîm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural | H5310 shatter |
| and you | וְאַתָּ֣ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| can take them away | תִשָּׂ֑א | ṯiś·śā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| And in exchange | וְאַתָּה֙ | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| you | וְאַתָּה֙ | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| can meet | תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה | ta·‘ă·śeh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| my needs | חֶפְצִ֔י | ḥep̄·ṣî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H2656 delight, pleasure |
| by providing | לָתֵ֖ת | lā·ṯêṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5414 give, put, set |
| my household | בֵּיתִֽי׃ | bê·ṯî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H1004 house |
| with food | לֶ֥חֶם | le·ḥem | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3899 bread, food |
Cross-references
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.