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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Ifאִםthey have come outיָצָאוּfor peace,לְשָׁלוֹםseize themתִּפְשׂוּםalive;חַיִּיםand ifוְאִםthey have come outיָצָאוּfor war,לְמִלְחָמָהaliveחַיִּיםseize them.”תִּפְשׂוּם
1 Kings 20:18
Study it in the app“He said, “If they have come out for peace, seize them alive; and if they have come out for war, alive seize them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:18, 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- they have come outיָצָאוּyatsau
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsau” appears- for peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- seize themתִּפְשׂוּtifsu
seize
To grab or capture someone.
Where else “tifsu” appears- aliveחַיִּיםchayim
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appears- for warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears
The context
17The young men of the commanders of the provinces went out first. Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, “Men have come out from Samaria.”
18 · This verse (above)
19So these went out from the city, the young men of the commanders of the provinces, and the troops that were after them.