Verse 3

{ "verseID": "1 Kings.12.3", "source": "וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ וַיִּקְרְאוּ־ל֔וֹ ויבאו וַיָּבֹ֥א יָרָבְעָ֖ם וְכָל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיְדַבְּר֔וּ אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃", "text": "And *wayyišleḥû* and *wayyiqreʾû*-to-him, and *wayyāḇōʾ* *Yāroḇʿām* and all-*qehal* *Yiśrāʾēl*, and *wayedabberû* to-*Reḥaḇʿām* *lēʾmōr*:", "grammar": { "*wayyišleḥû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural of שלח - and they sent", "*wayyiqreʾû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural of קרא - and they called", "*wayyāḇōʾ*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular of בוא - and he came/came in [Ketiv/Qere variation with ויבאו]", "*Yāroḇʿām*": "proper noun, masculine - Jeroboam", "*qehal*": "construct noun, masculine singular - assembly of", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun, masculine - Israel", "*wayedabberû*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd plural of דבר - and they spoke", "*Reḥaḇʿām*": "proper noun, masculine - Rehoboam", "*lēʾmōr*": "preposition ל + qal infinitive construct of אמר - saying" }, "variants": { "*wayyišleḥû*": "and they sent/dispatched", "*wayyiqreʾû*": "and they called/summoned", "*wayyāḇōʾ*": "and he came/entered [text shows scribal note with alternate reading 'and they came']", "*qehal*": "assembly/congregation/community", "*wayedabberû*": "and they spoke/said/addressed", "*lēʾmōr*": "saying/to say" } }

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