1 Kings 13:31

“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.”

1 Kings 13:31 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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that he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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his sonsבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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“When I dieמוֹתִmoti

die

To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.

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in the tombקֶּבֶרkever

tomb

Tomb, grave.

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the manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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besideאֵצֶלetsel

beside

Beside, next to.

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his bonesעַצְמֹתָיatsmotay

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

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layהַנִּיחוּhanichu

put

To set something or someone in a place.

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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.”

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