1 Kings 3:9
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
5414 [e]וְנָתַתָּ֨
wə-nā-ṯa-tā
Therefore giveConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms
5650 [e]לְעַבְדְּךָ֜
lə-‘aḇ-də-ḵā
to Your servantPrep-l | N-msc | 2ms
3820 [e]לֵ֤ב
lêḇ
an heartN-ms
8085 [e]שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙
šō-mê-a‘
understandingV-Qal-Prtcpl-ms
8199 [e]לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט
liš-pōṭ
to judgePrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
853 [e]אֶֽת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
5971 [e]עַמְּךָ֔
‘am-mə-ḵā,
Your peopleN-msc | 2ms
995 [e]לְהָבִ֖ין
lə-hā-ḇîn
that I may discernPrep-l | V-Hifil-Inf
996 [e]בֵּֽין־
bên-
betweenPrep
2896 [e]ט֣וֹב
ṭō-wḇ
goodN-ms
7451 [e]לְרָ֑ע
lə-rā‘;
and evilPrep-l | Adj-ms
3588 [e]כִּ֣י
ForConj
4310 [e]מִ֤י
whoInterrog
3201 [e]יוּכַל֙
yū-ḵal
is ableV-Qal-Imperf-3ms
8199 [e]לִשְׁפֹּ֔ט
liš-pōṭ,
to judgePrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
853 [e]אֶת־
’eṯ-
-DirObjM
5971 [e]עַמְּךָ֥
‘am-mə-ḵā
people of YoursN-msc | 2ms
3515 [e]הַכָּבֵ֖ד
hak-kā-ḇêḏ
greatArt | Adj-ms
2088 [e]הַזֶּֽה׃
haz-zeh.
thisArt | Pro-ms





















Hebrew Texts
מלכים א 3:9 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
וְנָתַתָּ֨ לְעַבְדְּךָ֜ לֵ֤ב שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט אֶֽת־עַמְּךָ֔ לְהָבִ֖ין בֵּֽין־טֹ֣וב לְרָ֑ע כִּ֣י מִ֤י יוּכַל֙ לִשְׁפֹּ֔ט אֶת־עַמְּךָ֥ הַכָּבֵ֖ד הַזֶּֽה׃

מלכים א 3:9 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
ונתת לעבדך לב שמע לשפט את־עמך להבין בין־טוב לרע כי מי יוכל לשפט את־עמך הכבד הזה׃

מלכים א 3:9 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
ונתת לעבדך לב שמע לשפט את־עמך להבין בין־טוב לרע כי מי יוכל לשפט את־עמך הכבד הזה׃

מלכים א 3:9 Hebrew Bible
ונתת לעבדך לב שמע לשפט את עמך להבין בין טוב לרע כי מי יוכל לשפט את עמך הכבד הזה׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"

King James Bible
Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So give Your servant an obedient heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Give therefore

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge …

1 Chronicles 29:19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, …

2 Chronicles 1:10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before …

Psalm 119:34,73,144 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe …

Proverbs 2:3-9 Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding…

Proverbs 3:13-18 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding…

Proverbs 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding …

James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all …

James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, …

understanding [heb] hearing

Proverbs 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.

to judge

1 Kings 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and …

Psalm 72:1,2 Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son…

Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly …

Ecclesiastes 7:11,19 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to …

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered …

John 5:30 I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment …

discern

2 Samuel 14:17 Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be …

Isaiah 11:2-4 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom …

1 Corinthians 2:14,15 But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: …

Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

Philippians 1:10 That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere …

Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age…

who is able

Exodus 3:11,12 And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and …

Exodus 4:10-13 And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither …

Jeremiah 1:6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

Matthew 3:11,14 I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. but he that comes …

2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the …

2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of …

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