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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Ahabכִּ אַחְאָבheardשְׁמֹעַthatכִּיNabothנָבוֹתwas dead,מֵתthat Ahabוַ אַחְאָבgot upיָּקָםto go downלָרֶדֶתtoאֶלthe vineyardכֶּרֶםof Nabothנָבוֹתthe Jezreelite,הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִיto take possession of it.לְרִשְׁתּוֹ
1 Kings 21:16
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:16, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when Ahabאַחְאָבachav
Ahab
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” appears- heardשְׁמֹעַshemoa
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” 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- was deadמֵתmet
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears- got upיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- to go downרֶדֶתredet
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appears- the vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appears- the Jezreeliteיִּזְרְעֵאלִיyizreli
Jezreelite
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” appears- to take possession of itרִשְׁתּrisht
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “risht” appears
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,