1 Kings 21:2

“Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, so that it may be mine for a garden of vegetables, for it is near, beside my house; and I will give you in its place a vineyard better than it; or, if it is good in your eyes, I will give you silver, the price of it.””

1 Kings 21:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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
spokeיְדַבֵּרyedaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedaber” 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).

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “mor” appears
“Giveתְּנָtena

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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your vineyardכַּרְמְkarm

vineyard

Vineyard.

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so that it may beיהִיyhi

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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for a gardenגַןgan

garden

Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.

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of vegetablesיָרָקyarak

vegetable, herb

Vegetable, green plant.

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is nearקָרוֹבkarov

near

Close by, or having access to YHWH.

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besideאֵצֶלetsel

beside

Beside, next to.

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my houseבֵּיתִbeti

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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betterטוֹבtov

better

Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.

Where else “tov” appears
in your eyesעֵינֶיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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silverכֶסֶףchesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

Where else “chesef” appears
the priceמְחִירmechir

price, payment

Price, payment.

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The context

1And it happened after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard that was in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 · This verse (above)

3Naboth said to Ahab, “Far be it from me, by YHWH, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

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