Study it in the app“Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do and so may they add, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.””
Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלsentוַתִּשְׁלַחa messengerמַלְאָךְtoאֶלElijah,אֵלִיָּהוּsaying,לֵאמֹר“Soכֹּהmay the godsאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשׂוּןand soוְכֹהmay they add,יוֹסִפוּןifכִּיby this timeכָעֵתtomorrowמָחָרI do not makeאָשִׂיםyour lifeנַפְשְׁךָlike the lifeכְּנֶפֶשׁof oneאַחַדof them.”מֵהֶם
Jezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izevel” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malach” appearsElijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohim” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appearsadd
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosifu” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearstomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asim” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsJezebel swears by her gods: in Hebrew the verbs are plural, which is why it says “the gods.” It is the same oath formula that in Israel was said with the name of Elohim (1 Samuel 3:17).
1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 · This verse (above)
3He saw this, and got up and went for his life; and he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there.
