Study it in the app“Ahab went into his house resentful and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and did not eat bread.”
Ahabאַחְאָבwentוַיָּבֹאintoאֶלhis houseבֵּיתוֹresentfulסַרand angryוְזָעֵףbecause ofעַלthe wordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרNabothנָבוֹתthe Jezreeliteהַיִּזְרְעֵאלִיhad spokenדִּבֶּרto him,אֵלָיוwhen he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will notלֹאgiveאֶתֵּןyouלְךָthe inheritanceנַחֲלַתof my fathers.”אֲבוֹתָיHe lay downוַיִּשְׁכַּבonעַלhis bed,מִטָּתוֹturned awayוַיַּסֵּבhis face,פָּנָיוand did notוְלֹאeatאָכַלbread.לָחֶם
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” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavo” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appearsresentful, sullen
Resentful, gloomy, in a bad mood. It is said only of King Ahab (1 Kings 20:43; 21:4-5).
Where else “sar” appearsangry, vexed
Angry, in a bad mood, upset in spirit.
Where else “zaef” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appearsNaboth
Naboth: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "fruits." He is the man of Jezreel who would not give Ahab the inheritance of his fathers and was put to death by Jezebel's order (1 Kings 21).
Where else “navot” appearsJezreelite
Jezreelite: a native of Jezreel, a city in the plain of the same name, where the kings of Israel had a palace.
Where else “yizreli” appearspromise
To promise, say what will be done.
Where else “diber” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appearsinheritance
Land or goods passed from parents to children.
Where else “nachalat” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appearsbed
Bed; a couch.
Where else “mitat” appearsturn
To turn another way, or to pass to another owner: the face, a kingdom, a name.
Where else “yasev” appearsface
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achal” appearsfood
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachem” appears3Naboth said to Ahab, “Far be it from me, by YHWH, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”
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5Jezebel his wife came to him and spoke to him, “Why is your spirit resentful, and you are not eating bread?”
