1 Kings 20:6

“But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and it will be that everything desirable in your eyes they will put in their hand and take it away.’””

1 Kings 20:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 20:6, word by word

about this timeעֵתet

time

The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".

Where else “et” appears
tomorrowמָחָרmachar

tomorrow

The day that comes after today.

Where else “machar” appears
I will sendאֶשְׁלַחeshlach

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “eshlach” appears
my servantsעֲבָדַavada

servant

Someone who works for another, or a king's official.

Where else “avada” appears
and they will searchחִפְּשׂוּchipsu

search

To go through something carefully.

Where else “chipsu” appears
your houseבֵּיתְbet

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

Where else “bet” appears
and it will beהָיָהhaya

happen

For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.

Where else “haya” appears
desirableמַחְמַדmachmad

desirable thing, delight

What is desirable, what pleases the eyes: that which someone most loves or values.

Where else “machmad” appears
in your eyesעֵינֶיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

Where else “ene” appears
they will putיָשִׂימוּyasimu

put

To put something somewhere.

Where else “yasimu” appears
in their handיָדָyada

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

Where else “yada” appears
and take it away.’לָקָחוּlakachu

fetch

To take someone along, or go and fetch something.

Where else “lakachu” appears

The context

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.”

6 · This verse (above)

7The king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, “Know, please, and see that this man is seeking evil; for he sent to me for my wives and for my sons, and for my silver and for my gold, and I did not refuse him.”

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