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1 Kings 10:2

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And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.	And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.	And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not [any] thing hid from the king, which he told her not.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And she came^H935 to Jerusalem^H3389 with a very^H3966 great^H3515 train^H2428, with camels^H1581 that bare^H5375 spices^H1314, and very^H3966 much^H7227 gold^H2091, and precious^H3368 stones^H68: and when she was come^H935 to Solomon^H8010, she communed^H1696 with him of all that was in her heart^H3824.

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Original Hebrew

וַתָּבֹא יְרוּשָׁלְַמָה בְּחַיִל כָּבֵד מְאֹד גְּמַלִּים נֹשְׂאִים בְּשָׂמִים וְזָהָב רַב־מְאֹד וְאֶבֶן יְקָרָה וַתָּבֹא אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹה וַתְּדַבֵּר אֵלָיו אֵת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר הָיָה עִם־לְבָבָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תָּבֹ֣א	va./ta.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she came
יְרוּשָׁלְַ֗מָ/ה	ye.ru.sha.Le.ma/h	H3389	HNp/Sd	Jerusalem/ towards
בְּ/חַיִל֮	be./cha.Yil	H2428	HR/Ncmsa	with/ a retinue
כָּבֵ֣ד	ka.Ved	H3515	HAamsa	numerous
מְאֹד֒	me.'Od	H3966	HD	very
גְּ֠מַלִּים	Ge.ma.lim	H1581	HNcmpa	camels
נֹשְׂאִ֨ים	no.se.'Im	H5375	HVqrmpa	carrying
בְּשָׂמִ֧ים	be.sa.Mim	H1314	HNcmpa	spices
וְ/זָהָ֛ב	ve./za.Hav	H2091	HC/Ncmsa	and/ gold
רַב	rav-	H7227	HAamsa	much
מְאֹ֖ד	me.'Od	H3966	HD	very
וְ/אֶ֣בֶן	ve./'E.ven	H68	HC/Ncfsa	and/ stone(s)
יְקָרָ֑ה	ye.ka.Rah	H3368	HAafsa	precious
וַ/תָּבֹא֙	va./ta.Vo'	H935	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she came
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה	she.lo.Moh	H8010	HNp	Solomon
וַ/תְּדַבֵּ֣ר	va./te.da.Ber	H1696	HC/Vpw3fs	and/ she spoke
אֵלָ֔י/ו	'e.La/v	H413	HR/Sp3ms	to/ him
אֵ֛ת	'et	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	that
הָיָ֖ה	ha.Yah	H1961	HVqp3ms	it was
עִם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
לְבָבָֽ/הּ	le.va.Va/h	H3824	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	heart/ her

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1314 — בֶּשֶׂם (besem, beh'-sem): or בֹּשֶׂם; from the same as בָּשָׂם; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant; smell, spice, sweet (odour).
• H1581 — גָּמָל (gâmâl, gaw-mawl'): apparently from גָּמַל (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel; camel.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
• H2428 — חַיִל (chayil, khah'-yil): from חוּל; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength; able, activity, ([phrase]) army, band of men (soldiers), company, (great) forces, goods, host, might, power, riches, strength, strong, substance, train, ([phrase]) valiant(-ly), valour, virtuous(-ly), war, worthy(-ily).
• H3368 — יָקָר (yâqâr, yaw-kawr'): from יָקַר; valuable (objectively or subjectively); brightness, clear, costly, excellent, fat, honourable women, precious, reputation.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H3515 — כָּבֵד (kâbêd, kaw-bade'): from כָּבַד; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid); (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick.
• H3824 — לֵבָב (lêbâb, lay-bawb'): from לָבַב; used also like לֵב; the heart (as the most interior organ); [phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.
• H3966 — מְאֹד (mᵉʼôd, meh-ode'): from the same as אוּד; properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated); diligently, especially, exceeding(-ly), far, fast, good, great(-ly), [idiom] louder and louder, might(-ily, -y), (so) much, quickly, (so) sore, utterly, very ([phrase] much, sore), well.
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H8010 — שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh, shel-o-mo'): from שָׁלוֹם; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor; Solomon.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, 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, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to 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.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, 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).
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; 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); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

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