1 Kings
1 Kings 9:6
6But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But if | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| indeed | שׁ֨וֹב | šō·wḇ | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H7725 turn back, return |
| you | אַתֶּ֤ם | ’at·tem | Pronoun - second person masculine plural | H859 thou |
| or your sons | וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ | ū·ḇə·nê·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| turn away | תְּשֻׁב֜וּן | tə·šu·ḇūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H7725 turn back, return |
| from following Me | מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י | mê·’a·ḥă·ray | Preposition-m; first person common singular | H310 behind |
| and do not | וְלֹ֤א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| keep | תִשְׁמְרוּ֙ | ṯiš·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| the commandments | מִצְוֺתַ֣י | miṣ·wō·ṯay | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H4687 commandment |
| statutes | חֻקֹּתַ֔י | ḥuq·qō·ṯay | Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular | H2708 something prescribed, enactment, statute |
| I have set | נָתַ֖תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| before you | לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם | lip̄·nê·ḵem | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H6440 face, before |
| and if you go off | וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם | wa·hă·laḵ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| to serve | וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ | wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H5647 work, serve |
| and worship | וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם | wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H7812 bow down |
| other | אֲחֵרִ֔ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.