Hebrew Interlinear

1 Kings 15:2 Interlinear

“Three years reigned he in Jerusalem ~ And his mother's was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom”

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1 Kings 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שָׁלֹ֣שׁ	H7969	Three	three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
2	שָׁנִ֔ים	H8141	years	a year (as a revolution of time)
3	מָלַ֖ךְ	H4427	reigned	to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel
4	בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	H3389	he in Jerusalem	jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
5	וְשֵׁ֣ם	H8034	~	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
6	אִמּ֔וֹ	H517	And his mother's	a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
7	מַֽעֲכָ֖ה	H4601	was Maachah	maakah (or maakath), the name of a place in syria, also of a mesopotamian, of three israelites, and of four israelitesses and one syrian woman
8	בַּת	H1323	the daughter	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
9	אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃	H53	of Abishalom	abshalom, a son of david; also (the fuller form) a later israelite

1 Kings 15:2 (current)Three years reigned he in Jerusalem ~ And his mother's was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom