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And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 1
כִּשְׁמֹ֥עַkish.Mo.a'when heard
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hear: hear
Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 2
אַחְאָ֖ב'ach.'AvAhab
Lemma: אַחְאָב (ach.av) · Strong's: H0256G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ahab
Used 91 times. Also: 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:33, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0256G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 3
כִּ֣יkithat
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 4
מֵ֣תmethe had died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 5
נָב֑וֹתna.VotNaboth
Lemma: נָבוֹת (na.vot) · Strong's: H5022
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Naboth
Used 22 times. Also: 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:2, 1 Kings 21:3, 1 Kings 21:4, 1 Kings 21:6, 1 Kings 21:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5022; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 6
וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he arose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 7
אַחְאָ֗ב'ach.'AvAhab
Lemma: אַחְאָב (ach.av) · Strong's: H0256G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ahab
Used 91 times. Also: 1 Kings 16:28, 1 Kings 16:29, 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 16:33, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0256G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 8
לָרֶ֛דֶתla.Re.detto go down
Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to go down
Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 9
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 10
כֶּ֛רֶםKe.rem[the] vineyard of
Lemma: כֶּרֶם (ke.rem) · Strong's: H3754
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: vineyard
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 9:20, Exodus 22:5, Exodus 23:11, Leviticus 19:10, Leviticus 25:3, Leviticus 25:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3754; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 11
נָב֥וֹתna.VotNaboth
Lemma: נָבוֹת (na.vot) · Strong's: H5022
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Naboth
Used 22 times. Also: 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:2, 1 Kings 21:3, 1 Kings 21:4, 1 Kings 21:6, 1 Kings 21:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5022; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 12
הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֖יhai.yiz.re.'e.Lithe Jezreelite
Lemma: יִזְרְעֵאלִי (yiz.re.e.li) · Strong's: H3158H
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Jezreelite
Used 9 times. Also: 1 Kings 21:1, 1 Kings 21:4, 1 Kings 21:6, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:15, 2 Kings 9:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3158H; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 13
לְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ\׃\ \סle.rish.Toto take possession of it
Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to possess: take
Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:16 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| when Ahab | → | אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab |
| heard | → | שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| Naboth | → | נָבוֹת H5022 Naboth |
| was dead | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| he | → | אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab |
| got up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| [and] went | → | יָרַד H3381 to go down |
| down | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| to take possession | → | יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take |
| of the vineyard | → | כֶּרֶם H3754 vineyard |
| of Naboth | → | נָבוֹת H5022 Naboth |
| the Jezreelite | → | יִזְרְעֵאלִי H3158H Jezreelite |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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