1 Kings 20:7

“The 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.””

1 Kings 20:7 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Kings 20:7, 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
calledיִּקְרָאyikra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

Where else “yikra” appears
the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne

elder

The senior men who led a city or the people.

Where else “zikne” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomer” appears
“Knowדְּעוּdeu

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “deu” appears
and seeרְאוּreu

see

To see with one's eyes.

Where else “reu” appears
is seekingמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh

try to get

To try to get something.

Where else “mevakesh” appears
evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
he sentשָׁלַחshalach

send

To send someone or something.

Where else “shalach” appears
for my wivesנָשַׁnasha

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “nasha” appears
and for my sonsבָנַvana

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “vana” appears
and for my silverכַסְפִּchaspi

silver

A white, valuable metal, the one most used after gold.

Where else “chaspi” appears
and for my goldזְהָבִzehavi

gold

Gold.

Where else “zehavi” appears
refuseמָנַעְתִּיmanati

withhold

Withhold, refuse, hold back.

Where else “manati” appears

The context

6But 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.’”

7 · This verse (above)

8All the elders and all the people said to him, “Do not listen, and do not consent.”

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