1 Kings 2:15
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible

“You know that the kingship was mine,” he said. “All Israel expected that I should reign, but the kingship has turned to my brother, for it has come to him from the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation

And he saith, ‘Thou hast known that the kingdom was mine, and towards me set their faces had all Israel for reigning, and the kingdom is turned round about, and is my brother’s, for from Jehovah it was his;

King James Bible

And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and [that] all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.

Hebrew
“You
אַ֤תְּ (’at)
Pronoun - second person feminine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know
יָדַ֙עַתְּ֙ (yā·ḏa·‘at)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

that
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the kingship
הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה (ham·mə·lū·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4410: Something ruled, a realm

was mine,”
הָיְתָ֣ה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

he said.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“All
כָֽל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

expected
וְעָלַ֞י (wə·‘ā·lay)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

that I should reign,
לִמְלֹ֑ךְ (lim·lōḵ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

but the kingship
הַמְּלוּכָה֙ (ham·mə·lū·ḵāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4410: Something ruled, a realm

has turned
וַתִּסֹּ֤ב (wat·tis·sōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

to my brother,
לְאָחִ֔י (lə·’ā·ḥî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 251: A brother, )

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

it has come
הָ֥יְתָה (hā·yə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

to him
וַתְּהִ֣י (wat·tə·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

from the LORD.
מֵיְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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