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The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent outוַיֵּצֵאand struckוַיַּךְthe horsesהַסּוּסandוְthe chariots,הָרָכֶבand struckוְהִכָּהAramבַאֲרָםwith a greatגְדוֹלָהblow.מַכָּה
1 Kings 20:21
Study it in the app“The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and struck Aram with a great blow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:21, 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- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- and struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- the horsesסּוּסsus
horse
A war and draft animal that pulls chariots, or the one who rides it.
Where else “sus” appears- the chariotsרָכֶבrachev
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “rachev” appears- Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- with a greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- blowמַכָּהmaka
plague
A great defeat an army suffers, or the plague YHWH sends on a people.
Where else “maka” appears
The context
20They struck down each one his man; and Aram fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen.
21 · This verse (above)
22The prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself, and know and see what you must do, for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”