1 Kings 1:41

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע אֲדֹנִיָּ֗הוּ וְכָל־הַקְּרֻאִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וְהֵ֖ם כִּלּ֣וּ לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע יוֹאָב֙ אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מַדּ֥וּעַ קֽוֹל־הַקִּרְיָ֖ה הוֹמָֽה׃

Transliteration

wa-yišmaʿ ʾăḏōnîyāhû and-all-the-qəruʾîm who [were] with-him, and-they killû to-eat; wa-yišmaʿ yôʾāḇ ʾet-sound of-the-šôp̄ār wa-yōʾmer why sound-of-the-qiryâ hômâ

Grammar Details

• *wa-yišmaʿ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he heard
• *ʾăḏōnîyāhû*: proper noun - Adonijah
• *qəruʾîm*: qal passive participle, masculine plural - invited ones/guests
• *killû*: piel perfect, 3rd common plural - they finished
• *yôʾāḇ*: proper noun - Joab
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *šôp̄ār*: noun, masculine singular - ram's horn/trumpet
• *wa-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *qiryâ*: noun, feminine singular - city/town
• *hômâ*: qal participle, feminine singular - making noise/in uproar

Word Meanings

• *wa-yišmaʿ*: and he heard/listened to/perceived
• *qəruʾîm*: invited ones/guests/those called
• *killû*: they finished/completed/ended
• *šôp̄ār*: ram's horn/trumpet/ceremonial horn
• *qiryâ*: city/town/settlement
• *hômâ*: making noise/in uproar/tumultuous

Referenced Verses

• Exod 32:17 : 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
• Job 15:21-22 : 21 A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
• Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
• Prov 14:13 : 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
• Eccl 7:4-6 : 4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. 6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
• Matt 21:9-9 : 9 And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, Who is this? 11 And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.
• Matt 21:15 : 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children that were crying in the temple and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were moved with indignation,
• Matt 24:38-39 : 38 For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
• Luke 17:26-29 : 26 And as it came to pass in the days of Noah, even so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
• Acts 21:31 : 31 And as they were seeking to kill him, tidings came up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in confusion.