“Then Adonijah” | וַאֲדֹֽנִיָּ֧ה | Adonijah, the name of three Israelites | Then Adonijah |
“the son” | בֶן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
“of Haggith” | חַגִּ֛ית | Chaggith, a wife of David | Haggith |
“exalted himself,” | מִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א | To lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative | exalted himself |
“saying,” | לֵאמֹ֖ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saying |
“I” | אֲנִ֣י | I | I |
“will be king:” | אֶמְלֹ֑ךְ | To reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty | king |
“and he prepared” | וַיַּ֣עַשׂ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | prepared |
“him chariots” | רֶ֚כֶב | A vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone | chariots |
“and horsemen,” | וּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים | A steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ) | horsemen |
“and fifty” | וַֽחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים | Fifty | fifty |
“men” | אִ֖ישׁ | A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) | men |
“to run” | רָצִ֥ים | To run (for whatever reason, especially to rush) | run |
“before” | לְפָנָֽיו׃ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
“him.” | לְפָנָֽיו׃ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | him |