Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹsaidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Youאַתָּהnowעַתָּהexerciseתַּעֲשֶׂהthe kingshipמְלוּכָהoverעַלIsrael!יִשְׂרָאֵלGet up,קוּםeatאֱכָלbread,לֶחֶםand let your heartוְ לִבֶּךָbe glad;יִטַבIאֲנִיwill giveאֶתֵּןyouלְךָthe vineyardכֶּרֶםof Nabothנָבוֹתthe Jezreelite.”הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִי
1 Kings 21:7
Study it in the app“Jezebel his wife said to him, “You now exercise the kingship over Israel! Get up, eat bread, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:7, 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- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- exerciseתַּעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- the kingshipמְלוּכָהmelucha
kingdom, kingship
Kingdom, kingship: the power and the office of the king.
Where else “melucha” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- Get upקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- eatאֱכָלechal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “echal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
food
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appears- and let your heartלִבֶּlibe
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appears- be gladיִטַבyitav
be glad
For the heart to be glad, or to do something with care.
Where else “yitav” appears- will giveאֶתֵּןeten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “eten” appears- the vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appears- of Nabothנָבוֹתnavot
Naboth
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” appears- the Jezreeliteיִּזְרְעֵאלִיyizreli
Jezreelite
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” appears
The context
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.’”
7 · This verse (above)
8She wrote letters in the name of Ahab, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.