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And alsoוְגַםconcerning JezebelלְאִיזֶבֶלYHWHיְהוָהhas spoken,דִּבֶּרsaying,לֵאמֹר‘The dogsהַכְּלָבִיםwill eatיֹאכְלוּJezebelאִיזֶבֶלbyבְּthe rampartחֵלof Jezreel.יִזְרְעֶאל
1 Kings 21:23
Study it in the app“And also concerning Jezebel YHWH has spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:23, word by word
- concerning Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלizevel
Jezebel
Jezebel: a name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.
Where else “izevel” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘The dogsכְּלָבִיםkelavim
dog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelavim” appears- will eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- the rampartחֵלchel
rampart
A city's outer wall.
Where else “chel” appears- of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
22and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger and made Israel sin.’
23 · This verse (above)
24Whoever of Ahab’s house dies in the city, the dogs will eat; and whoever dies in the field, the birds of the sky will eat.’”