1 Kings 12:22

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And the worde of God came vnto Semaia the man of God, saying:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֙ דְּבַ֣ר הֽ͏ָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶל־שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

And wayĕhî dĕbar the ʾĕlōhîm to šĕmaʿyâ ʾîš-the ʾĕlōhîm saying:

Grammar Details

• *wayĕhî*: qal imperfect waw consecutive, 3rd person masculine singular - and it came to pass
• *dĕbar*: construct state, masculine singular - word of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: definite masculine plural noun - the God/gods
• *šĕmaʿyâ*: proper name - Shemaiah
• *ʾîš*: construct state, masculine singular - man of

Word Meanings

• *wayĕhî*: and it happened/came to pass/was
• *dĕbar*: word/speech/message of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
• *ʾîš*: man/person of

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 11:2 : 2 And the worde of the Lorde came to Semiahu the man of God, saying:
• 2 Chr 12:5-7 : 5 Then came Semeia the prophete to Rehoboam and to the Lordes of Iuda that were gathered together within Hierusalem for Sesac, and saide vnto them: Thus saith the Lorde, Ye haue left me, and therefore haue I also left you in the handes of Sesac. 6 Whereupon the lordes of Israel and the king humbled themselues, and said: The Lorde is righteous. 7 And when the Lorde saw that they submitted them selues, the worde of the Lorde came to Semeia, saying: They submit them selues, therefore I wyl not destroye them, but I wyll deliuer them somewhat, and my wrath shall not be powred out vpon Hierusalem by the hand of Sesac.
• 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou O man of God, flee these thynges, and folow after righteousnes, godlynes, faith, loue, pacience, mekenes.
• Deut 33:1 : 1 This is the blessyng wherwith Moyses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and sayde:
• 1 Kgs 13:1 : 1 And behold, ther came a man of God out of Iuda by the worde of the lord, vnto Bethel: and Ieroboam stoode by the aulter to put incense.
• 1 Kgs 13:4-5 : 4 And when the king hearde the saying of the man of God whiche had cryed against the aulter in Bethel, he stretched out his hande from the aulter, saying, Holde him: And his hand which he put foorth against him dried vp, & he coulde not pull it in againe to him. 5 The aulter also claue asunder, and the ashes fell out from the aulter, according to the token which the man of God had geuen by the worde of the Lorde.
• 1 Kgs 13:11 : 11 And there dwelt an olde prophet in Bethel, and his sonnes came and tolde him al the workes that the man of God had done that day in Bethel, and the wordes which he had spoken vnto the king tolde they their father also.
• 1 Kgs 17:18 : 18 And she said vnto Elias: What haue I to do with thee O thou man of God? Art thou come vnto me to call my sinne againe to remembraunce, and to slay my sonne?
• 1 Kgs 17:24 : 24 And the woman said vnto Elias: Now I knowe that thou art a man of God, and that the worde of the Lorde in thy mouth, is true.
• 2 Kgs 4:16 : 16 And he saide: At this tyme appoynted, according to the tyme of lyfe, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said: Oh nay my lorde thou man of God, do not lye vnto thyne handmayde.
• 2 Kgs 4:22 : 22 And called vnto her husband, & sayde: Send with me I pray thee one of the young men, and one of the asses: for I will runne to the man of God, and come againe.
• 2 Kgs 4:25 : 25 And so she went, and came vnto the man of God to mount Carmel: And it fortuned, that when the man of God sawe her farre of, he saide to Gehezi his seruaunt: Beholde, yonder is the Sunamite:
• 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God vp to the hill, she caught him by the feete: But Gehezi went to her, to thrust her away. And the man of God sayde: Let her alone, for her soule is vexed within her, and the Lorde hath hid it from me, and hath not tolde it me.