Study it in the app“Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?” He said, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH.”
AhabאַחְאָבsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלElijah,אֵלִיָּהוּ“Have you found me,הַמְצָאתַנִיmy enemy?”אֹיְבִיHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I have found you,מָצָאתִיbecauseיַעַןyou have sold yourselfהִתְמַכֶּרְךָto doלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat is evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH.יְהוָה
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsElijah
Elijah: a name meaning "my El is YHWH." It is the prophet from Gilead who confronted King Ahab and the worship of Baal (1 Kings 17–2 Kings 2); two other Israelites bear the same name (1 Chronicles 8:27; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “eliyahu” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsata” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvi” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another, above all YHWH handing his people over to their enemies.
Where else “hitmaker” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears19And 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.’”
20 · This verse (above)
21‘Look, I am bringing evil on you, and I will sweep away after you, and I will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against the wall, restrained and left in Israel;
