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Then they sentוַיִּשְׁלְחוּtoאֶלJezebel,אִיזֶבֶלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Nabothנָבוֹתhas been stonedסֻקַּלand is dead.”וַיָּמֹת
1 Kings 21:14
Study it in the app“Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:14, word by word
- Then they sentיִּשְׁלְחוּyishlchu
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlchu” appears- Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלizevel
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 “izevel” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Nabothנָבוֹתnavot
Naboth
Naboth: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "fruits." He is the man of Jezreel who would not give Ahab the inheritance of his fathers and was put to death by Jezebel's order (1 Kings 21).
Where else “navot” appears- has been stonedסֻקַּלsukal
stone
To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.
Where else “sukal” appears- and is deadיָּמֹתyamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears
The context
13And the two men, perverse men, came in and sat opposite him; and the perverse men testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed Elohim and the king.” So they took him out outside the city and stoned him with stones, and he died.
14 · This verse (above)
15And it happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for silver; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”