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He sentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלAhabאַחְאָבkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלinto the city,הָעִירָה
1 Kings 20:2
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1 Kings 20:2, word by word
- He sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- messengersמַלְאָכִיםmalachim
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appears- 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- 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- into the cityעִירָira
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ira” appears
The context
1Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his troops; thirty and two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.
2 · This verse (above)
3and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad: ‘Your silver and your gold are mine, and your wives and your sons, the best ones, are mine.’”