1 Kings 14:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But 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; and he 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, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
• 1 Sam 4:15 : 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, 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 the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: 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, which told me that I should be king over this people.
• Ps 90:10 : 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off{H8804)}, and we fly away{H8799)}.
• 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 be darkened,
• Jer 7:12-14 : 12 But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name 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 the LORD, 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 this 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 have done 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 eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, 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 an 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 together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them.