Thenאָזthe peopleהָעָםof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere dividedיֵחָלֵקinto halves:לַחֵצִיhalfחֲצִיof the peopleהָעָםfollowedהָיָה אַחֲרֵיTibniתִבְנִיsonבֶןof Ginath,גִּינַתto make him king,לְהַמְלִיכוֹand the other halfוְהַחֲצִיfollowedאַחֲרֵיOmri.עָמְרִי
1 Kings 16:21
Study it in the app“Then the people of Israel were divided into halves: half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and the other half followed Omri.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 16:21, word by word
- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- were dividedיֵחָלֵקyechalek
divide
To give each one their part.
Where else “yechalek” appears- into halvesחֵצִיchetsi
half
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsi” appears- followedהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- Tibniתִבְנִיtivni
Tibni
Tibni: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the son of Ginath whom half the people wanted to make king instead of Omri (1 Kings 16:21-22).
Where else “tivni” appears- sonבֶןven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- of Ginathגִּינַתginat
Ginath
Ginath: a name of uncertain meaning (the lexicon relates it to "garden"). He is the father of Tibni, Omri's rival (1 Kings 16:21-22).
Where else “ginat” appears- to make him kingהַמְלִיכhamlich
make king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “hamlich” appears- Omriעָמְרִיamri
Omri
Omri: a name of uncertain meaning. He is the army commander made king of Israel, who built Samaria and was the father of Ahab (1 Kings 16:16-28); other men bear the same name in Chronicles.
Where else “amri” appears
The context
20The rest of the deeds of Zimri, and his conspiracy that he conspired, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21 · This verse (above)
22But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath; and Tibni died, and Omri reigned.