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And Jezebelוְאֶת אִיזֶבֶלthe dogsהַכְּלָבִיםwill eatיֹאכְלוּin the portionבְּחֵלֶקof Jezreel,יִזְרְעֶאלand there will be noוְאֵיןone to bury her.’”קֹבֵרThen he openedוַיִּפְתַּחthe doorהַדֶּלֶתand fled.וַיָּנֹס
2 Kings 9:10
Study it in the app“And Jezebel the dogs will eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 9:10, word by word
- And 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- the dogsכְּלָבִיםkelavim
dog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelavim” appears- will eatיֹאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- in the portionחֵלֶקchelek
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelek” appears- of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears- one to bury her.’קֹבֵרkover
bury
Bury.
Where else “kover” appears- Then he openedיִּפְתַּחyiftach
open
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “yiftach” appears- the doorדֶּלֶתdelet
door
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “delet” appears- and fledיָּנֹסyanos
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanos” appears
Translation note
“The portion of Jezreel”: the land of Jezreel. In 1 Kings 21:23 the Hebrew uses another, similar word (“rampart”); here and in 9:36-37 it says “portion.”
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
9I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah.
10 · This verse (above)
11Jehu went out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”