The prophetהַנָּבִיאcame nearוַיִּגַּשׁtoאֶלthe kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Go,לֵךְstrengthen yourself,הִתְחַזַּקand knowוְדַעand seeוּרְאֵהwhatאֲשֶׁרyou must do,תַּעֲשֶׂהforכִּיat the turnלִתְשׁוּבַתof the yearהַשָּׁנָהthe kingמֶלֶךְof Aramאֲרָםwill come upעֹלֶהagainst you.”עָלֶיךָ
1 Kings 20:22
Study it in the app“The 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:22, word by word
- The prophetנָּבִיאnavi
prophet
Someone who speaks for YHWH.
Where else “navi” appears- came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigash” appears- 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- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- strengthen yourselfהִתְחַזַּקhitchazak
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “hitchazak” appears- and knowדַעda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “da” appears- and seeרְאֵהree
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ree” appears- you must doתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- at the turnתְשׁוּבַתteshuvat
return
Coming back; "when the year comes round": the next year.
Where else “teshuvat” appears- of the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- of Aramאֲרָםaram
Aram
Aram, a son of Shem; also the land of the Arameans (Syria) and its people; also other men.
Where else “aram” appears- will come upעֹלֶהole
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appears
The context
21The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and the chariots, and struck Aram with a great blow.
22 · This verse (above)
23The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Gods of mountains are their gods; that is why they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them on the plateau, and surely we will be stronger than they.