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1 Kings 10:1 Interlinear

“And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the ~ of the LORD she came to prove him with hard questions”

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1 Kings 10 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וּמַֽלְכַּת	H4436	And when the queen	a queen
2	שְׁבָ֗א	H7614	of Sheba	sheba, the name of three early progenitors of tribes and of an ethiopian district
3	שֹׁמַ֛עַת	H8085	heard	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
4	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
5	שֵׁ֥מַע	H8088	of the fame	something heard, i.e., a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
6	שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה	H8010	of Solomon	shelomah, david's successor
7	לְשֵׁ֣ם	H8034	concerning the ~	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
8	יְהוָ֑ה	H3068	of the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
9	וַתָּבֹ֥א	H935	she came	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
10	לְנַסֹּת֖וֹ	H5254	to prove	to test; by implication, to attempt
11	בְּחִידֽוֹת׃	H2420	him with hard questions	a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim

1 Kings 10:1 (current)And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the ~ of the LORD she came to prove him with hard questions