1 Kings 1:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

Young's Literal Translation
And Adonijah son of Haggith is lifting himself up, saying, ‘I do reign;’ and he prepareth for himself a chariot and horsemen, and fifty men running before him,

King James Bible
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Hebrew
At that time Adonijah,
וַאֲדֹנִיָּ֧ה (wa·’ă·ḏō·nî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 138: Adonijah -- 'my Lord is Yahweh', the name of several Israelites

[David's] son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

by Haggith,
חַגִּ֛ית (ḥag·gîṯ)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2294: Haggith -- 'festal', a wife of David

began to exalt himself,
מִתְנַשֵּׂ֥א (miṯ·naś·śê)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

saying,
לֵאמֹ֖ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

will be king!”
אֶמְלֹ֑ךְ (’em·lōḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

And he acquired
וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

chariots
רֶ֚כֶב (re·ḵeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

and horsemen
וּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים (ū·p̄ā·rā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6571: A steed, a driver, cavalry

and fifty
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים (wa·ḥă·miš·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's 2572: Fifty

men
אִ֖ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

to run
רָצִ֥ים (rā·ṣîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7323: To run

ahead of him.
לְפָנָֽיו׃ (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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