1 Kings 2:11

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{ "verseID": "1 Kings.2.11", "source": "וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָלַ֤ךְ דָּוִד֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה בְּחֶבְר֤וֹן מָלַךְ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם מָלַ֔ךְ שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשָׁלֹ֖שׁ שָׁנִֽים", "text": "And *hayyāmîm* which *mālak* *dāwid* over *ʿal-yiśrāʾēl* *ʾarbāʿîm* *šānâ* in *bəḥebrôn* *mālak* *šebaʿ* *šānîm* and in *ûbîrûšālaim* *mālak* *šəlōšîm* and *šālōš* *šānîm*", "grammar": { "*hayyāmîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - the days", "*mālak*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*ʿal-yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun with prefixed preposition al - over Israel", "*ʾarbāʿîm*": "cardinal number - forty", "*šānâ*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*bəḥebrôn*": "proper noun with prefixed preposition bet - in Hebron", "*mālak*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*šebaʿ*": "cardinal number - seven", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural noun - years", "*ûbîrûšālaim*": "proper noun with prefixed preposition bet and waw conjunctive - and in Jerusalem", "*mālak*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*šəlōšîm*": "cardinal number - thirty", "*šālōš*": "cardinal number - three", "*šānîm*": "feminine plural noun - years" }, "variants": { "*hayyāmîm*": "the days/the period/the time", "*mālak*": "reigned/ruled/was king" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר מָלַ֤ךְ דָּוִד֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה בְּחֶבְר֤וֹן מָלַךְ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם מָלַ֔ךְ שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשָׁלֹ֖שׁ שָׁנִֽים

Transliteration

And hayyāmîm which mālak dāwid over ʿal-yiśrāʾēl ʾarbāʿîm šānâ in bəḥebrôn mālak šebaʿ šānîm and in ûbîrûšālaim mālak šəlōšîm and šālōš šānîm

Grammar Details

• *hayyāmîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the days
• *mālak*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned
• *dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *ʿal-yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun with prefixed preposition al - over Israel
• *ʾarbāʿîm*: cardinal number - forty
• *šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
• *bəḥebrôn*: proper noun with prefixed preposition bet - in Hebron
• *šebaʿ*: cardinal number - seven
• *šānîm*: feminine plural noun - years
• *ûbîrûšālaim*: proper noun with prefixed preposition bet and waw conjunctive - and in Jerusalem
• *šəlōšîm*: cardinal number - thirty
• *šālōš*: cardinal number - three

Word Meanings

• *hayyāmîm*: the days/the period/the time
• *mālak*: reigned/ruled/was king

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  David reigned over Israel for forty years: seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The tyme that Dauid was kynge ouer Israel, is fortie yeare. Seuen yeares was he kynge at Hebro and thre and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And the dayes which Dauid reigned vpon Israel, were fourtie yeeres: seuen yeeres reigned he in Hebron, and thirtie & three yeeres reigned he in Ierusalem.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And the dayes whiche Dauid raigned vpon Israel were fourtie yeres: seuen yeres raigned he in Hebron, & thirtie and three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And the days that David reigned over Israel [were] forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and the days that David hath reigned over Israel `are' forty years, in Hebron he hath reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem he hath reigned thirty and three years.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  David was king over Israel for forty years: for seven years he was king in Hebron and for thirty-three years in Jerusalem.

• World English Bible (2000)

  The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty-three years reigned he in Jerusalem.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 5:4-5 : 4 { "verseID": "2 Samuel.5.4", "source": "בֶּן־שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה דָּוִ֖ד בְּמָלְכ֑וֹ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה מָלָֽךְ׃", "text": "Son-of-thirty *šānāh* *dāwid* in-*mālḵô* forty *šānāh* *mālāḵ*", "grammar": { "*ben-šəlōšîm šānāh*": "idiomatic expression - thirty years old", "*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*dāwid*": "proper noun - David", "*bə-mālḵô*": "preposition + Qal infinitive construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - in his becoming king/when he became king", "*mālāḵ*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned" }, "variants": { "*bə-mālḵô*": "when he became king/at his accession" } } 5 { "verseID": "2 Samuel.5.5", "source": "בְּחֶבְרוֹן֙ מָלַ֣ךְ עַל־יְהוּדָ֔ה שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִ֖ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֑ים וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֣͏ִם מָלַ֗ךְ שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְשָׁלֹשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה עַ֥ל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה׃", "text": "In-*ḥeḇrôn* *mālaḵ* over-*yəhûdāh* seven *šānîm* and-six *ḥŏdāšîm* and-in-*yərûšālaim* *mālaḵ* thirty and-three *šānāh* over all-*yiśrāʾēl* and-*yəhûdāh*", "grammar": { "*ḥeḇrôn*": "proper noun - Hebron", "*mālaḵ*": "Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*yəhûdāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*ḥŏdāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - months", "*yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel" }, "variants": {} }
• 1 Chr 29:26-27 : 26 { "verseID": "1 Chronicles.29.26", "source": "‫וְדָוִיד֙ בֶּן־יִשָׁ֔י מָלַ֖ךְ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃‬", "text": "And-*Dāwīd* *ben*-*Yišay* *mālak* over-all-*Yiśrāʾēl*.", "grammar": { "*Dāwīd*": "proper noun - David", "*ben*": "noun, masculine singular construct - son of", "*Yišay*": "proper noun - Jesse", "*mālak*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel" }, "variants": { "*mālak*": "reigned/ruled/was king" } } 27 { "verseID": "1 Chronicles.29.27", "source": "‫וְהַיָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר מָלַךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַרְבָּעִ֖ים שָׁנָ֑ה בְּחֶבְר֤וֹן מָלַךְ֙ שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֔ים וּבִירוּשָׁלַ֥͏ִם מָלַ֖ךְ שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וְשָׁלֽוֹשׁ׃‬", "text": "And-the-*yāmîm* which he-*mālak* over-*Yiśrāʾēl* forty *šānāh*; in-*Ḥebrôn* he-*mālak* seven *šānîm* and-in-*Yərûšālaim* he-*mālak* thirty and-three.", "grammar": { "*yāmîm*": "noun, masculine plural - days", "*mālak*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he reigned", "*Yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*šānāh*": "noun, feminine singular - year", "*Ḥebrôn*": "proper noun - Hebron", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*Yərûšālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem" }, "variants": { "*yāmîm*": "days/time/period" } }