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The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwentוַיֵּלֶךְtoעַלhis houseבֵּיתוֹresentfulסַרand angry,וְזָעֵףand cameוַיָּבֹאto Samaria.שֹׁמְרוֹנָה
1 Kings 20:43
Study it in the app“The king of Israel went to his house resentful and angry, and came to Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 20:43, 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- resentfulסַרsar
resentful, sullen
Resentful, gloomy, in a bad mood. It is said only of King Ahab (1 Kings 20:43; 21:4-5).
Where else “sar” appears- and angryזָעֵףzaef
angry, vexed
Angry, in a bad mood, upset in spirit.
Where else “zaef” appears- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹנָshomrona
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomrona” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
42He said to him, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Because you have let go from your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, your life will be for his life, and your people for his people.’”
43 · This verse (above)