AhabאַחְאָבspokeוַיְדַבֵּרtoאֶלNaboth,נָבוֹתsaying,לֵאמֹר“Giveתְּנָהmeלִּיyour vineyard,כַּרְמְךָso that it may beוִיהִיmineלִיfor a gardenלְגַןof vegetables,יָרָקforכִּיitהוּאis near,קָרוֹבbesideאֵצֶלmy house;בֵּיתִיand I will giveוְאֶתְּנָהyouלְךָin its placeתַּחְתָּיוa vineyardכֶּרֶםbetterטוֹבthan it;מִמֶּנּוּor, ifאִםit is goodטוֹבin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָI will giveאֶתְּנָהyouלְךָsilver,כֶסֶףthe priceמְחִירof it.”זֶה
1 Kings 21:2
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:2, word by word
- 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).
Where else “navot” appears- 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.
Where else “tena” appears- your vineyardכַּרְמְkarm
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “karm” appears- so that it may beיהִיyhi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yhi” appears- for a gardenגַןgan
garden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appears- of vegetablesיָרָקyarak
vegetable, herb
Vegetable, green plant.
Where else “yarak” appears- is nearקָרוֹבkarov
near
Close by, or having access to YHWH.
Where else “karov” appears- besideאֵצֶלetsel
beside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsel” appears- my houseבֵּיתִbeti
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “beti” appears- 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.
Where else “ene” appears- silverכֶסֶףchesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “chesef” appears- the priceמְחִירmechir
price, payment
Price, payment.
Where else “mechir” appears
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!”