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And doוְ עֲשֵׂהthisהַזֶּהthing:הַדָּבָרremoveהָסֵרthe kings,הַמְּלָכִיםeachאִישׁfrom his place,מִמְּקֹמוֹand putוְשִׂיםgovernorsפַּחוֹתin their place.תַּחְתֵּיהֶם
1 Kings 20:24
Study it in the app“And do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put governors in their place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:24, word by word
- And doעֲשֵׂהase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- removeהָסֵרhaser
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “haser” appears- the kingsמְּלָכִיםmelachim
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- from his placeמְּקֹמmekom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appears- and putשִׂיםsim
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “sim” appears- governorsפַּחוֹתpachot
governor
Governor: one who rules a province or district in the name of the king. A frequent word in the books of the Persian period.
Where else “pachot” appears
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25And you, count for yourself troops like the troops that fell from you, horse for horse and chariot for chariot; and let us fight against them on the plateau, and surely we will be stronger than they.” He listened to their voice and did so.