2 Kings 9:37

“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.”’””

2 Kings 9:37 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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will beהָיְתָהhayta

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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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).

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on the faceפְּנֵיpene

surface

The surface: "the face of the earth".

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of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

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in the portionחֵלֶקchelek

portion

What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".

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of Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel

Jezreel

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sayיֹאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Places in this verse

Jezreel
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 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).

    1 Kings 21:12 Kings 9:301 Samuel 29:1Joshua 19:18

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;

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