Study it in the app“The men took it as an omen, and quickly caught it up whether it came from him, and said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” He said, “Go, bring him.” Ben-hadad came out to him, and he had him come up into the chariot.”
The menוְהָאֲנָשִׁיםtook it as an omen,יְנַחֲשׁוּand quicklyוַיְמַהֲרוּcaught it upוַיַּחְלְטוּwhether it came from him,הֲמִמֶּנּוּand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Your brotherאָחִיךָBen-hadad.”בֶן הֲדַדHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Go,בֹּאוּbring him.”קָחֻהוּBen-hadadבֶּן הֲדַדcame outוַיֵּצֵאto him,אֵלָיוand he had him come upוַיַּעֲלֵהוּintoעַלthe chariot.הַמֶּרְכָּבָה
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsdivine
Practice divination: look for omens to learn hidden things.
Where else “yenachashu” appearshurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “yemaharu” appearscatch, snatch at
Catch, snatch up a word quickly. It appears only in 1 Kings 20:33; its exact sense is not certain.
Where else “yachltu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsBen-hadad
Ben-hadad: a name meaning "son of Hadad" (Hadad was the storm god of the Arameans). It was borne by several kings of Aram who reigned in Damascus, among them the one who made a pact with Asa and the one who fought against Ahab.
Where else “ven” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bou” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “kachu” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaale” appearschariot
Chariot: a cart drawn by horses, for war or for travel.
Where else “merkava” appearsThe center of the verse is obscure in Hebrew: a verb that occurs only here (“to catch,” “to take up on the fly”) and two short words. The general sense is that the messengers saw in the word “brother” a favorable sign and hurried to hold the king to it.
32They girded sackcloth on their waists and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please, let my soul live.’” He said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
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34He said to him, “The cities that my father took from your father I will give back; and you shall set up streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “And I, said Ahab, on this covenant will let you go.” So he made with him a covenant and let him go.
