The kingמֶלֶךְof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcalledוַיִּקְרָאallלְכָלthe eldersזִקְנֵיof the landהָאָרֶץand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Know,דְּעוּplease,נָאand seeוּרְאוּthatכִּיthis manזֶהis seekingמְבַקֵּשׁevil;רָעָהforכִּיhe sentשָׁלַחto meאֵלַיfor my wivesלְנָשַׁיand for my sons,וּלְבָנַיand for my silverוּלְכַסְפִּיand for my gold,וְלִזְהָבִיandוְI did notלֹאrefuseמָנַעְתִּיhim.”מִמֶּנּוּ
1 Kings 20:7
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”