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The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“As you say,כִּדְבָרְךָmy lordאֲדֹנִיthe king:הַמֶּלֶךְyoursלְךָam I,אֲנִיand allוְכָלthatאֲשֶׁרI have.”לִי
1 Kings 20:4
Study it in the app“The king of Israel answered and said, “As you say, my lord the king: yours am I, and all that I have.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:4, 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “As you sayדְבָרְdevar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
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.’”
4 · This verse (above)
5The messengers came back and said, “Thus says Ben-hadad, saying, ‘Indeed I sent to you, saying, “Your silver and your gold, and your wives and your sons you shall give to me.”