1 Kings 12:10
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.”
כָּבַד
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
כֹּה
thus
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כֹּה
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
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קָלַל
lighten
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קָלַל
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
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דָבַר
they have spoken
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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גָּדַל
they had grown up
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גָּדַל
to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)
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עֹל
yoke/ our
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עֹל
a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively
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קֹטֶן
little finger/ my
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קֹטֶן
a pettiness, i.e. the little finger
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עָבָה
it is thick
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עָבָה
to be dense
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