And it happenedוַיְהִיafterאַחֲרֵיhe had buriedקָבְרוֹhim,אֹתוֹthat he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלhis sons,בָּנָיוsaying,לֵאמֹר“When I die,בְּמוֹתִיburyוּקְבַרְתֶּםmeאֹתִיin the tombבַּקֶּבֶרin whichאֲשֶׁר בּוֹthe manאִישׁof Elohimהָאֱלֹהִיםis buried;קָבוּרbesideאֵצֶלhis bonesעַצְמֹתָיוlayהַנִּיחוּmy bones.עַצְמֹתָי
1 Kings 13:31
Study it in the app“And it happened after he had buried him, that he said to his sons, saying, “When I die, bury me in the tomb in which the man of Elohim is buried; beside his bones lay my bones.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 13:31, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- he had buriedקָבְרkavr
bury
Bury.
Where else “kavr” appears- that he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- his sonsבָּנָיbanay
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appears- “When I dieמוֹתִmoti
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “moti” appears- in the tombקֶּבֶרkever
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appears- the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- besideאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- his bonesעַצְמֹתָיatsmotay
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsmotay” appears- layהַנִּיחוּhanichu
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hanichu” appears
The context
30He laid his corpse in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Alas, my brother!”
31 · This verse (above)
32For the word that he cried out by the word of YHWH against the altar that is in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, will surely come to pass.”