1 Kings 2:8
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
עִם
is with/ you
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עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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מוּת
I will put to death/ you
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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בֵּן
the son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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קָלַל
he cursed/ me
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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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מָרַץ
grievous
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מָרַץ
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to be pungent or vehement; to irritate
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הָלַךְ
went/ I
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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בֶּן־יְמִינִי
the Ben-
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בֶּן־יְמִינִי
a Benjaminite, or descendent of Benjamin
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שִׁמְעִי
Shimei
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שִׁמְעִי
Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites
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מַחֲנַיִם
Mahanaim
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מַחֲנַיִם
Machanajim, a place in Palestine
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גֵּרָא
Gera
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גֵּרָא
Gera, the name of six Israelites
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קְלָלָה
a curse
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קְלָלָה
vilification
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