“Have you seenהֲרָאִיתָthatכִּיAhabאַחְאָבhas humbled himselfנִכְנַעbefore me?מִלְּפָנָיBecauseיַעַן כִּיhe has humbled himselfנִכְנַעbefore me,מִפָּנַיI will notלֹאbringאָבִיאthe evilהָרָעָהin his days;בְּיָמָיוin the daysבִּימֵיof his sonבְנוֹI will bringאָבִיאthe evilהָרָעָהonעַלhis house.”בֵּיתוֹ
1 Kings 21:29
Study it in the app““Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; in the days of his son I will bring the evil on his house.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:29, word by word
- “Have you seenרָאִיתָraita
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raita” appears- 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- has humbled himselfנִכְנַעnichna
humble oneself
To bow low before God, admitting guilt.
Where else “nichna” appears- before meפָנָfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- bringאָבִיאavi
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “avi” appears- the evilרָעָהraa
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raa” appears- in his daysיָמָיyamay
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appears- of his sonבְנven
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” appears
The context
28And the word of YHWH came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
29 · This verse (above)