Study it in the app“And 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.””
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Jezebelכִּ אִיזֶבֶלheardשְׁמֹעַthatכִּיNabothנָבוֹתhad been stonedסֻקַּלand was dead,וַיָּמֹתthat Jezebelוַ אִיזֶבֶלsaidתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAhab,אַחְאָב“Get up,קוּםtake possession ofרֵשׁthe vineyardכֶּרֶםof Nabothנָבוֹתthe Jezreelite,הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִיwhichאֲשֶׁרhe refusedמֵאֵןto giveלָתֶתyouלְךָfor silver;בְכֶסֶףforכִּיNabothנָבוֹתis notאֵיןalive,חַיbutכִּיdead.”מֵת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsJezebel
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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsNaboth
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” appearsstone
To pelt someone with rocks, or kill them so.
Where else “sukal” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsAhab
Ahab: a name meaning "father's brother." It is the king of Israel, son of Omri, who married Jezebel and served Baal (1 Kings 16:29–22:40); a false prophet in Babylon also bears the name (Jeremiah 29:21).
Where else “achav” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appearspossess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “resh” appearsvineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appearsJezreelite
Jezreelite: a native of Jezreel, a city in the plain of the same name, where the kings of Israel had a palace.
Where else “yizreli” appearsrefuse
Refuse, be unwilling.
Where else “meen” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tet” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears14Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”
15 · This verse (above)
16And it happened, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab got up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
