Study it in the app“And 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.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen he heardכִּשְׁמֹעַthisהַזֶּהword,הַדָּבָרas heוְהוּאwas drinking,שֹׁתֶהheהוּאand the kings,וְהַמְּלָכִיםin the booths,בַּסֻּכּוֹתthat he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלhis servants,עֲבָדָיו“Take your positions.”שִׂימוּAnd they took their positionsוַיָּשִׂימוּagainstעַלthe city.הָעִיר
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shote” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsbooth
A cover of branches, as at the feast.
Where else “sukot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “simu” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears11The 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.’”
12 · This verse (above)
13And there, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Have you seen all this great multitude? Look, I am giving it into your hand today, and you will know that I am YHWH.’”
