1 Kings 11:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָאִ֥ישׁ יָרָבְעָ֖ם גִּבּ֣וֹר חָ֑יִל וַיַּ֨רְא שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־הַנַּ֗עַר כִּֽי־עֹשֵׂ֤ה מְלָאכָה֙ ה֔וּא וַיַּפְקֵ֣ד אֹת֔וֹ לְכָל־סֵ֖בֶל בֵּ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃ ס

Transliteration

And the ish Yarov'am gibbor chayil; and wayyar Shelomoh et-the na'ar that-oseh melakhah he, and wayyafqed him to all-sevel beit Yosef.

Grammar Details

*ish*: noun, masculine singular - man
*Yarov'am*: proper noun, masculine singular - Jeroboam
*gibbor*: adjective, masculine singular construct - mighty man of
*chayil*: noun, masculine singular - valor/strength
*wayyar*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
*Shelomoh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Solomon
*et*: direct object marker
*na'ar*: noun, masculine singular - young man
*oseh*: Qal participle masculine singular - doing
*melakhah*: noun, feminine singular - work
*wayyafqed*: waw-consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he appointed
*sevel*: noun, masculine singular - burden/forced labor
*beit*: noun, masculine singular construct - house of
*Yosef*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joseph

Word Meanings

*gibbor*: mighty man/valiant/warrior of
*chayil*: valor/strength/wealth/ability
*na'ar*: young man/servant/attendant
*oseh*: doing/performing/accomplishing
*melakhah*: work/labor/occupation/craftsmanship
*wayyafqed*: and he appointed/assigned/put in charge
*sevel*: burden/forced labor/corvée work
*beit*: house/tribe/family of

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Referenced Verses

Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Isa 14:25 : 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Amos 5:6 : 6 Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
Zech 10:6 : 6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
Matt 11:30 : 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Deut 1:12 : 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Josh 18:5 : 5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Judg 1:22-23 : 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel.(Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
2 Sam 19:20 : 20 For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
1 Kgs 5:16 : 16 Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Kgs 11:26-27
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26And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
27And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father.
1 Kgs 12:2-3
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2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it,(for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
3That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying,
1 Kgs 11:29-31
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29And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
30And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces:
31And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee:
2 Chr 10:2-3
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2And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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2 Chr 13:6-8
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6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
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8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.
1 Kgs 14:7-8
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7Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
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1 Kgs 11:40
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40Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kgs 14:1-2
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1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2And 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, which told me that I should be king over this people.
1 Kgs 12:25-27
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25Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
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1 Kgs 14:13-14
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13And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
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2 Kgs 17:21
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1 Kgs 14:19-20
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19And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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2 Chr 11:2-3
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2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
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1 Kgs 12:15
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2 Chr 10:15
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15So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kgs 13:33-34
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33After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
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1 Kgs 13:4
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4And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
2 Kgs 14:27-28
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27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
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2 Chr 13:3-4
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1 Kgs 4:6
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6And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
2 Chr 1:1
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1 Kgs 1:35
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1 Kgs 14:4
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2 Chr 13:20
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1 Kgs 12:31
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