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Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹcameוַתָּבֹאto himאֵלָיוand spokeוַתְּדַבֵּרto him,אֵלָיו“Whyמַה זֶּהis your spiritרוּחֲךָresentful,סָרָהand you are notוְאֵינְךָeatingאֹכֵלbread?”לָחֶם
1 Kings 21:5
Study it in the app“Jezebel his wife came to him and spoke to him, “Why is your spirit resentful, and you are not eating bread?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:5, word by word
- 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- cameתָּבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- and spokeתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- is your spiritרוּחֲruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- resentfulסָרָהsara
resentful, sullen
Resentful, gloomy, in a bad mood. It is said only of King Ahab (1 Kings 20:43; 21:4-5).
Where else “sara” appears- eatingאֹכֵלochel
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochel” appears- breadלָחֶםlachem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lachem” appears
The context
4Ahab 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6He spoke to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for silver; or if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in its place’; and he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”