1 Kings 14:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתַּ֤עַשׂ כֵּן֙ אֵ֣שֶׁת יָרָבְעָ֔ם וַתָּ֙קָם֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶךְ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַתָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֣ית אֲחִיָּ֑ה וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֹֽא־יָכֹ֣ל לִרְא֔וֹת כִּ֛י קָ֥מוּ עֵינָ֖יו מִשֵּׂיבֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wə-taʿaś thus ʾēšet Yārobʿām wə-tāqom wə-tēlek Šiloh wə-tābōʾ bêt ʾAḥiyyâ wə-ʾAḥiyyāhû not-yākōl lirʾôt because qāmû ʿênāyw from-śêbô

Grammar Details

• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *taʿaś*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - she did
• *ʾēšet*: noun, feminine singular construct - wife of
• *Yārobʿām*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jeroboam
• *tāqom*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - she arose
• *tēlek*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - she went
• *Šiloh*: proper noun - Shiloh
• *tābōʾ*: verb, qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - she came
• *bêt*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
• *ʾAḥiyyâ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahijah
• *ʾAḥiyyāhû*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ahijah (fuller form)
• *yākōl*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was able
• *lirʾôt*: verb, qal infinitive construct with preposition - to see
• *qāmû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd common plural - set/stood/fixed
• *ʿênāyw*: noun, feminine dual construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes
• *śêbô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his gray hair/age

Word Meanings

• *qāmû*: set/stood/fixed/became dim
• *śêbô*: gray hair/old age

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 11:29 : 29 And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now [Ahijah] had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.
• 1 Sam 3:2 : 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, so that he could not see),
• 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were set, so that he could not see.
• 1 Sam 4:3-4 : 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of hosts, who sitteth [above] the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
• 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, who spake concerning me that I should be king over this people.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, Or even by reason of strength fourscore years; Yet is their pride but labor and sorrow; For it is soon gone, and we fly away.
• Eccl 12:3 : 3 in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows shall be darkened,
• Jer 7:12-14 : 12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I caused my name to dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. 13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not: 14 therefore will I do unto the house which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh.
• Gen 27:1 : 1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Here am I.
• Gen 48:10 : 10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
• Deut 34:7 : 7 And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
• Josh 18:1 : 1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there: and the land was subdued before them.