1 KINGS 16:34

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“In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.”

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1 Kings 16:34 Translation & Meaning

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In his days בְּיָמָ֞יו A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days
did Hiel חִיאֵ֛ל Chiel, an Israelite did Hiel
the Beth-elite הָֽאֱלִ֖י A Beth-elite, or inhabitant of Bethel Bethelite
build בָּנָ֥ה To build (literally and figuratively) build
Jericho: יְרִיחֹ֑ה Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine Jericho
he laid the foundation יִסְּדָ֗הּ To set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult laid foundation
thereof in Abiram בַּֽאֲבִירָ֨ם Abiram, the name of two Israelites thereof Abiram
his firstborn, בְּכֹר֜וֹ First-born; hence, chief firstborn
and set up הִצִּ֣יב To station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) set up
the gates דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ Something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door gates
thereof in his youngest צְעִירוֹ֙ Little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble thereof youngest
son (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
Segub, וּבִשְׂג֤יּב Segub, the name of two Israelites Segub
according to the word כִּדְבַ֣ר A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause according word
of the Lord, יְהוָ֔ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
which אֲשֶׁ֣ר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc which
he spake דִּבֶּ֔ר Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue spake
by בְּיַ֖ד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] by
Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ Jehoshua (i.e., Joshua), the Jewish leader Joshua
the son בִּן 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 Nun. נֽוּן׃ Nun or Non, the father of Joshua Nun

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  • 32  And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

  • 33  And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

  • 34  In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.




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