Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 12:28 Interlinear

took counsel Whereupon the king and made two calves of gold and said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem behold thy gods O Israel for you to go up out of the land of Egypt

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּוָּעַ֣ץH3289took counselto advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
2הַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428Whereupon the kinga king
3וַיַּ֕עַשׂH6213and madeto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
4שְׁנֵ֖יH8147twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
5עֶגְלֵ֣יH5695calvesa (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e., a steer)
6זָהָ֑בH2091of goldgold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
7וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
8אֲלֵהֶ֗םH413near, with or among; often in general, to
9רַבH7227unto them It is too muchabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
10לָכֶם֙H0
11הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָH5927for you to go upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
12יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔םH3389to Jerusalemjerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
13הִנֵּ֤הH2009lo!
14אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙H430behold thy godsgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
15יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478O Israelhe will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
16אֲשֶׁ֥רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
17הֶֽעֱל֖וּךָH5927for you to go upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
18מֵאֶ֥רֶץH776out of the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
19מִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714of Egyptmitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

Verse Context

1 Kings 12:27 go up If this people to do sacrifice...
1 Kings 12:28 (current)took counsel Whereupon the king and made two calves of gold and said unto them It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem behold thy gods O Israel for you to go up out of the land of Egypt
1 Kings 12:29And he set and the other in Bethel ...

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