and the corpseוְ נִבְלַתof Jezebelאִיזֶבֶלwill beהָיְתָהlike dungכְּדֹמֶןon the faceעַל פְּנֵיof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהin the portionבְּחֵלֶקof Jezreel,יִזְרְעֶאלso thatאֲשֶׁרthey will notלֹאsay,יֹאמְרוּ“This isזֹאתJezebel.”’”אִיזָבֶל
2 Kings 9:37
Study it in the app“and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they will not say, “This is Jezebel.”’””
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 9:37, word by word
- and the corpseנִבְלַתnivlat
carcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appears- of 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- will beהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- like dungדֹמֶןdomen
dung
Dung, animal excrement left lying in the field. In the Bible it is always used as a comparison for corpses no one gathers or buries (2 Kings 9:37; Jeremiah 8:2; Psalm 83:10).
Where else “domen” appears- on the faceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” 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- sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears
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
36They came back and told him, and he said, “It is the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the portion of Jezreel the dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel;
37 · This verse (above)