Study it in the app“And it happened, when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted; and he lay in the sackcloth and went about slowly.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen Ahabכִ אַחְאָבheardשְׁמֹעַtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords,הַדְּבָרִיםthat he toreוַיִּקְרַעhis clothesבְּגָדָיוand putוַיָּשֶׂםsackclothשַׂקonעַלhis fleshבְּשָׂרוֹand fasted;וַיָּצוֹםand he layוַיִּשְׁכַּבin the sackclothבַּשָּׂקand went aboutוַיְהַלֵּךְslowly.אַט
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsAhab
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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appearstear
To rip one's clothes in great grief.
Where else “yikra” appearsgarment
A garment with which someone covers the body, or a blanket for warmth.
Where else “begaday” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearssackcloth
Rough cloth worn in mourning.
Where else “sak” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appearsfast
Fast: go without food for a time, as a sign of grief or to seek God.
Where else “yatsom” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “yehalech” appearsgently
With slow, gentle steps, without hurrying or hurting.
Where else “at” appears26He acted very abominably in going after idols, according to all that the Amorite had done, whom YHWH dispossessed from before the sons of Israel.
27 · This verse (above)
28And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
