Verse 6

{ "verseID": "1 Kings.10.6", "source": "וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הָיָ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּאַרְצִ֑י עַל־דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ וְעַל־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "*Wa-tomer* to-the-*melek*, \"*Emet* *hayah* the *davar* which *shamaʿti* in *artsi* about-*devareka* and about-*ḥokmateka*.", "grammar": { "*wa-tomer*": "Qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and she said", "*melek*": "noun, masculine, singular - king", "*emet*": "noun, feminine, singular - truth", "*hayah*": "Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - was", "*davar*": "noun, masculine, singular - word/report", "*shamaʿti*": "Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I heard", "*artsi*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my land", "*devareka*": "noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your words/affairs", "*ḥokmateka*": "noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your wisdom" }, "variants": { "*emet*": "truth/true/trustworthy", "*davar*": "word/report/matter/account" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 9:5-6 : 5 { "verseID": "2 Chronicles.9.5", "source": "וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֱמֶת֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי בְּאַרְצִ֑י עַל־דְּבָרֶ֖יךָ וְעַל־חָכְמָתֶֽךָ", "text": "*wattōʾmer* to-*hammelek* *ʾĕmeṯ haddāḇār* *ʾăšer šāmaʿtî bəʾarṣî* on-*dəḇāreyka wə-ʿal-ḥoḵmāṯeka*", "grammar": { "*wattōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she said", "*ʾel-hammelek*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - to the king", "*ʾĕmeṯ*": "noun, feminine singular - truth", "*haddāḇār*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the word/matter", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*šāmaʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I heard", "*bəʾarṣî*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - in my land", "*ʿal-dəḇāreyka*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - about your words/matters", "*wə-ʿal-ḥoḵmāṯeka*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - and about your wisdom" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕmeṯ*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability", "*dāḇār*": "word/matter/thing", "*ʾarṣî*": "my land/my country/my territory" } } 6 { "verseID": "2 Chronicles.9.6", "source": "וְלֹֽא־הֶאֱמַ֣נְתִּי לְדִבְרֵיהֶ֗ם עַ֤ד אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֙אתִי֙ וַתִּרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינַ֔י וְהִנֵּה֙ לֹ֣א הֻגַּד־לִ֔י חֲצִ֖י מַרְבִּ֣ית חָכְמָתֶ֑ךָ יָסַ֕פְתָּ עַל־הַשְּׁמוּעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי", "text": "*wə-lōʾ-heʾĕmantî lə-ḏiḇrêhem* until *ʾăšer-bāʾṯî wattiręʾênāh ʿênay wə-hinnēh lōʾ huggaḏ-lî ḥăṣî marbbîṯ ḥoḵmāṯeka yāsaptā* upon-*haššəmûʿāh* *ʾăšer šāmāʿtî*", "grammar": { "*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negation - and not", "*heʾĕmantî*": "hiphil perfect 1st person singular - I believed", "*lə-ḏiḇrêhem*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to their words", "*ʿaḏ*": "preposition - until", "*ʾăšer-bāʾṯî*": "relative pronoun + qal perfect 1st person singular - that I came", "*wattiręʾênāh*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - and they saw", "*ʿênay*": "noun, feminine dual construct + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes", "*wə-hinnēh*": "conjunction + interjection - and behold", "*lōʾ*": "negation - not", "*huggaḏ*": "hophal perfect 3rd masculine singular - was told", "*lî*": "preposition + 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*ḥăṣî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - half of", "*marbbîṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - abundance of", "*ḥoḵmāṯeka*": "noun, feminine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your wisdom", "*yāsaptā*": "qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have added", "*ʿal-haššəmûʿāh*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the report", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which", "*šāmāʿtî*": "qal perfect 1st person singular - I heard" }, "variants": { "*heʾĕmantî*": "I believed/I trusted/I had faith in", "*ḏiḇrêhem*": "their words/their matters/their accounts", "*marbbîṯ*": "abundance/greatness/multitude", "*yāsaptā*": "you have added/you have exceeded/you have surpassed", "*šəmûʿāh*": "report/news/rumor" } }