What Does 1 Kings 8:53 Mean?

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“For thou didst separate”

to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)

“to be thine inheritance”

properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“them from among all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“of the earth”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“as thou spakest”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

“by the hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“of Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“thy servant”

a servant

“when thou broughtest”

to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“our fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“out of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

“O Lord”

the lord (used as a proper name of god only)

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god