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Onlyרַקthere was no oneלֹא הָיָהlike Ahab,כְאַחְאָבwhoאֲשֶׁרsold himselfהִתְמַכֵּרto doלַעֲשׂוֹתwhat is evilהָרַעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof YHWH,יְהוָהbecauseאֲשֶׁרJezebelאִיזֶבֶלhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹincitedהֵסַתָּהhim.אֹתוֹ
1 Kings 21:25
Study it in the app“Only there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH, because Jezebel his wife incited him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:25, word by word
- there was no oneהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- like 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- sold himselfהִתְמַכֵּרhitmaker
sell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “hitmaker” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- what is evilרַעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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- 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- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- incitedהֵסַתָּהhesata
incite, entice
Incite: push someone to do something, especially evil; entice.
Where else “hesata” appears
The context
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.’”
25 · This verse (above)
26He acted very abominably in going after idols, according to all that the Amorite had done, whom YHWH dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.