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.

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Word by word

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whatמָ֚הmāhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
are theseהָאֵ֔לֶּהhā·’êl·lehArticle; Pronoun - common pluralH428 these
townsהֶעָרִ֣יםhe·‘ā·rîmArticle; Noun - feminine pluralH5892 excitement
you have givenנָתַ֥תָּהnā·ṯat·tāhVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularH5414 give, put, set
meלִּ֖יlîPreposition; first person common singular
my brotherאָחִ֑י’ā·ḥîNoun - masculine singular construct; first person common singularH251 brother
askedוַיֹּ֕אמֶרway·yō·merConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH559 utter, say
and he calledוַיִּקְרָ֤אway·yiq·rāConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH7121 call, proclaim, read
themלָהֶם֙lā·hemPreposition; third person masculine plural
the Landאֶ֣רֶץ’e·reṣNoun - feminine singular constructH776 earth, land
of Cabulכָּב֔וּלkā·ḇūlNoun - proper - feminine singularH3521 Cabul
as they areעַ֖ד‘aḏPrepositionH5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
thisהַזֶּֽה׃פhaz·zehArticle; Pronoun - masculine singularH2088 this, that
dayהַיּ֥וֹםhay·yō·wmArticle; Noun - masculine singularH3117 day

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