King James Version

1 Kings 11:37

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

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וְאֹתְךָ֣veotekhaand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֶקַּ֔חeqachtakeלָקַחverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “take”, an unfinished actionH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔umalakhtaand reignמָלַךְconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and reign”, a completed action in a sequenceH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.בְּכֹ֥לbekholin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in all”, the ordinary formH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֲשֶׁרasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תְּאַוֶּ֖הteavehcovetאָוָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “covet”, an unfinished actionH183to wish forcovet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָnafshekhacreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…וְהָיִ֥יתָvehayitaand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.מֶּ֖לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “king”, the ordinary formH4428a kingking, royal.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thee I take, and thou hast reigned over all that thy soul desireth, and thou hast been king over Israel;

World English Bible

I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel.

Darby Translation

And I will take thee, that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Douay-Rheims

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign over all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign as thy soul desires, and thou shalt be king over Israel.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ σὲ λήψομαι, καὶ βασιλεύσεις ἐν οἷς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ ψυχή σου, καὶ σὺ ἔσῃ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.