Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 12:28 Interlinear

Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of 1 Kings 12:28, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.

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

Geographic Context

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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