Study it in the app“And it happened, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire, and died,”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Zimriכִּ זִמְרִיsawרְאוֹתthatכִּיthe cityהָעִירwas taken,נִלְכְּדָהthat he wentוַיָּבֹאintoאֶלthe citadelאַרְמוֹןof the king’sהַמֶּלֶךְhouseבֵּיתand burnedוַיִּשְׂרֹףthe king’sמֶלֶךְhouseאֶת בֵּיתover himעָלָיוwith fire,בָּאֵשׁand died,וַיָּמֹת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsZimri
Zimri, a chief of the tribe of Simeon who sinned with a Midianite woman; others bear the same name. The name means "musical."
Where else “zimri” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “reot” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “nilkda” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearscitadel, fortress
Citadel, fortified palace: the high and strongest part of a city or of the king's house.
Where else “armon” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisrof” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears17Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 · This verse (above)
19because of his sins that he sinned, doing what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin that he committed, making Israel sin.
