The menאַנְשֵׁיof his city,עִירוֹthe eldersהַזְּקֵנִיםand the noblesוְהַחֹרִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרlivedהַיֹּשְׁבִיםin his city,בְּעִירוֹdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרJezebelאִיזָבֶלhad sentשָׁלְחָהto them,אֲלֵיהֶםasכַּאֲשֶׁרit was writtenכָּתוּבin the lettersבַּסְּפָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרshe had sentשָׁלְחָהto them.אֲלֵיהֶם
1 Kings 21:11
Study it in the app“The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:11, word by word
- The menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of his cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- and the noblesחֹרִיםchorim
noble
Noble: a free person of rank in a city, one of those who had a say in its affairs together with the elders.
Where else “chorim” appears- livedיֹּשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- Jezebelאִיזָבֶלizavel
Jezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izavel” appears- had sentשָׁלְחָהshalcha
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalcha” appears- it was writtenכָּתוּבkatuv
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “katuv” appears- in the lettersסְּפָרִיםsefarim
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appears
The context
10and seat two men, perverse men, opposite him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You have cursed Elohim and the king’; then take him out and stone him, and let him die.”
11 · This verse (above)
12They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.