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The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Tell him,דַּבְּרוּ‘Let notאַלthe one who girds on his armorחֹגֵרboastיִתְהַלֵּלlike the one who takes it off.’”כִּמְפַתֵּחַ
1 Kings 20:11
Study it in the app“The king of Israel answered and said, “Tell him, ‘Let not the one who girds on his armor boast like the one who takes it off.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:11, word by word
- The kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Tell himדַּבְּרוּdabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabru” appears- the one who girds on his armorחֹגֵרchoger
gird
Gird: fasten a garment, a belt or a weapon around the waist for walking, working or fighting.
Where else “choger” appears- boastיִתְהַלֵּלyithalel
boast
To speak proudly of oneself or what one has, to make oneself important.
Where else “yithalel” appears- like the one who takes it off.’מְפַתֵּחַmefateach
set free
To free a prisoner, or remove a load.
Where else “mefateach” appears
Translation note
It is a proverb: let the one who puts on his weapons to fight not boast like the one who already takes them off after winning.
The context
10Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “So may the gods do to me, and so may they add, if the dust of Samaria is enough for handfuls for all the people who follow me.”
11 · This verse (above)
12And it happened, when he heard this word, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” And they took their positions against the city.