וַיֹּ֕אמֶר דָּבָ֥ר לִ֖י אֵלָ֑יִךְ וַתֹּ֖אמֶר דַּבֵּֽר
He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.
World English Bible · Public Domain
1 Kings 2:14
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 1 Kings 2:14 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.
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King James Version Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he said, “A word to me for you.” And she said, “Speak.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
Show all 18 translations
Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to tell you. She said, Say on.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Then he said, “I have something to tell you.” “Say it,” she answered.
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King James Version Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
He said moreouer, I haue a sute vnto thee. And she sayd, Say on.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And he added: I have a word to speak with thee. She said to him: Speak. And he said:
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And he saith, `I have a word unto thee,' and she saith, `Speak.'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And he says, “I have a word for you,” and she says, “Speak.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” So she replied, “Speak.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he said, “A word to me for you.” And she said, “Speak.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And he said, I have something to say to thee. And she said, Speak.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
He said moreover, I have something to tell you.” She said, “Say on.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to thee. And she said, Say on.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
“I have something I'd like to ask of you,” he continued. “Go on,” she said.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
Then he said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on.
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
He said moreover: 'I have somewhat to say unto thee.' And she said: 'Say on.'
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דַּבֵּֽר
dâbar
H1696
“speak”
Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
- Appears 1,144× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Genesis 8:15
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Stem
- Piel
- Form
- Imperative
- Person
- 2nd Person
- Gender
- Masculine
- Number
- Singular
Full BDB Definition
to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing
- (Qal) to speak
- (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk
- (Piel)
- to speak
- to promise
- (Pual) to be spoken
- (Hithpael) to speak
- (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight
- וַיֹּ֕אמֶר ʼâmar H559 “and · to say” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- דָּבָ֥ר dâbâr H1697 “word” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
- אֵלָ֑יִךְ ʼêl H413 “to · you” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Feminine, Singular
- וַתֹּ֖אמֶר ʼâmar H559 “and · to say” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular
- דַּבֵּֽר dâbar H1696 “speak” Verb, Piel, Imperative, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 6
- words
- 4
- distinct lemmas
- Historical
- section
Grammatical profile
- 3 verbs
- 1 noun
- 2 prepositions
Verb forms
- וַיֹּ֕אמֶר Qal · Sequential Imperfect
- וַתֹּ֖אמֶר Qal · Sequential Imperfect
- דַּבֵּֽר Piel · Imperative
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:
- וַיֹּ֕אמֶר to say H559 ×2
Hebrew & Septuagint length
In English translation the verse runs 13 words from the Hebrew and 12 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.
A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.
Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.
In the original languages it is 6 Hebrew tokens and 8 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.
Cross-references
2Topical passages linked to 1 Kings 2:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- 2 Samuel 14:12 Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.
- Luke 7:40 Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
λόγος ἐγώ πρός σύ καί εἶπον αὐτός λαλέω
I have business with you. And she said to him, Say on.
LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)
וַאֲמַר פִּתְגָם אִית לִי לְמַלָלָא עִמָךְ וַאֲמַרַת מַלֵיל:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
1 Kings, in the Historical, opens this verse with 6 words (4 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is dâbar (“to speak”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- The word dâbar carries the sense “to speak.” How does it shape the verse?
- 2 Samuel 14:12 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “to say” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- The verb «וַיֹּ֕אמֶר» is Qal Sequential Imperfect. How does its form color the action?
- Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- This verse counts 6 Hebrew ↔ 8 Greek words.
- These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
- “to say” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 4 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on 1 Kings 2:14 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.