Study it in the app“They waited until they were ashamed, and look, he was not opening the doors of the upper room. So they took the key and opened them, and there was their lord, fallen to the ground, dead.”
They waitedוַיָּחִילוּuntilעַדthey were ashamed,בּוֹשׁand look, he was notוְהְנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּopeningפֹתֵחַthe doorsדַּלְתוֹתof the upper room.הָעֲלִיָּהSo they tookוַיִּקְחוּthe keyאֶת הַמַּפְתֵּחַand opened them,וַיִּפְתָּחוּand thereוְהִנֵּהwas their lord,אֲדֹנֵיהֶםfallenנֹפֵלto the ground,אַרְצָהdead.מֵת
wait
To wait anxiously for something slow to come.
Where else “yachilu” appearsdelay
To delay so long that others grow impatient.
Where else “bosh” appearsopen
To open a door, mouth or eyes.
Where else “foteach” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appearsupper room
A room built on the roof.
Where else “aliya” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appearskey
Key.
Where else “mafteach” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nofel” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “met” appears24When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and there the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the room of coolness.”
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26Ehud escaped while they delayed; he passed the carved images and escaped to Seirah.
