1 Kings
1 Kings 9:13
13“What are these towns you have given me, my brother?” asked Hiram, and he called them the Land of Cabul,c as they are called to this day.
Footnotes
- c 9:13 Cabul sounds like the Hebrew for good-for-nothing.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What | מָ֚ה | māh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| are these | הָאֵ֔לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| towns | הֶעָרִ֣ים | he·‘ā·rîm | Article; Noun - feminine plural | H5892 excitement |
| you have given | נָתַ֥תָּה | nā·ṯat·tāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| me | לִּ֖י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| my brother | אָחִ֑י | ’ā·ḥî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H251 brother |
| asked | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| and he called | וַיִּקְרָ֤א | way·yiq·rā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| them | לָהֶם֙ | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| the Land | אֶ֣רֶץ | ’e·reṣ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H776 earth, land |
| of Cabul | כָּב֔וּל | kā·ḇūl | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3521 Cabul |
| as they are | עַ֖ד | ‘aḏ | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| this | הַזֶּֽה׃פ | haz·zeh | Article; Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| day | הַיּ֥וֹם | hay·yō·wm | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H3117 day |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.