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“Get up,קוּםgo downרֵדto meetלִקְרַאתAhabאַחְאָבkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרis in Samaria;בְּשֹׁמְרוֹןlook,הִנֵּהhe is in the vineyardבְּכֶרֶםof Naboth,נָבוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁר שָׁםhe has gone downיָרַדto take possession of it.לְרִשְׁתּוֹ
1 Kings 21:18
Study it in the app““Get up, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; look, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:18, word by word
- “Get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- go downרֵדred
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “red” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears- 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- 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- is in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears- he is in the vineyardכֶרֶםcherem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “cherem” appears- of 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- to take possession of itרִשְׁתּrisht
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “risht” appears
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
17And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
18 · This verse (above)
19And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH: Have you murdered and also taken possession?’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says YHWH: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs will lick up your blood, yours too.’”