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1 Kings 11:3 Interlinear

“ and his wives princesses And he had seven hundred concubines and three hundred turned away and his wives his heart”

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1 Kings 11 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִי	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	ל֣וֹ	H0
3	נָשָׁ֖יו	H802	and his wives	a woman
4	שָׂרוֹת֙	H8282	princesses	a mistress, i.e., female noble
5	שְׁבַ֣ע	H7651	And he had seven	seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
6	מֵא֑וֹת	H3967	hundred	a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
7	וּפִֽלַגְשִׁ֖ים	H6370	concubines	a concubine; also (masculine) a paramour
8	שְׁלֹ֣שׁ	H7969	and three	three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
9	מֵא֑וֹת	H3967	hundred	a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
10	וַיַּטּ֥וּ	H5186	turned away	to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
11	נָשָׁ֖יו	H802	and his wives	a woman
12	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
13	לִבּֽוֹ׃	H3820	his heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything

1 Kings 11:3 (current) and his wives princesses And he had seven hundred concubines and three hundred turned away and his wives his heart