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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמֶהsin have I committed,חָטָאתִיthatכִּיyouאַתָּהare givingנֹתֵןyour servantעַבְדְּךָinto the handבְּיַדof Ahabאַחְאָבto put me to death?לַהֲמִיתֵנִי
1 Kings 18:9
Study it in the app“He said, “What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death?”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 18:9, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- sin have I committedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- are givingנֹתֵןnoten
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “noten” appears- your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- into the handיַדyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- of Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appears- to put me to deathהֲמִיתֵhamite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamite” appears
The context
8He said to him, “It is I. Go, say to your lord, ‘Here is Elijah.’”
9 · This verse (above)
10As YHWH your Elohim lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you; and when they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made the kingdom and the nation swear that they had not found you.