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And she wroteוַתִּכְתֹּבin the letters,בַּסְּפָרִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Proclaimקִרְאוּa fast,צוֹםand seatוְהוֹשִׁיבוּNabothנָבוֹתat the headבְּרֹאשׁof the people;הָעָם
1 Kings 21:9
Study it in the app“And she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and seat Naboth at the head of the people;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Kings 21:9, word by word
- And she wroteתִּכְתֹּבtichtov
write
To put words in writing, in a book or tablet, so that they last.
Where else “tichtov” appears- in the lettersסְּפָרִיםsefarim
letter
A writing sent to someone with a message or an order, like a king's letter.
Where else “sefarim” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- “Proclaimקִרְאוּkiru
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “kiru” appears- a fastצוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” appears- and seatהוֹשִׁיבוּhoshivu
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “hoshivu” appears- 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- at the headרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- of the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10and seat two men, perverse men, opposite him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You have cursed Elohim and the king’; then take him out and stone him, and let him die.”