1 KINGS 1:52

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.”

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1 Kings 1:52 Translation & Meaning

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And Solomon שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה Shelomah, David's successor Solomon
said, וַיֹּ֣אמֶר To say (used with great latitude) said
If אִ֚ם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not If
he will shew יִֽהְיֶ֣ה To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) shew
himself a worthy חַ֔יִל Probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength himself worthy
man, לְבֶן 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.) man
there shall not לֹֽא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
an hair of him מִשַּֽׂעֲרָת֖וֹ Hairiness hair
fall יִפֹּ֥ל To fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative) fall
to the earth: אָ֑רְצָה The earth (at large, or partitively a land) earth
but if וְאִם Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not if
wickedness רָעָ֥ה Bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) wickedness
shall be found תִמָּֽצֵא Properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present found
in him, he shall die. וָמֵֽת׃ To die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill die

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  • 50  And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.

  • 51  And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.

  • 52  And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die.

  • 53  So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house.




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