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And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD . (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 1

אַחְאָב֙'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 21:20 word 2

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 21:20 word 3

אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijah

Lemma: אֵלִיָּה (e.liy.yah) · Strong's: H0452G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Elijah

Used 68 times. Also: 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 17:15, 1 Kings 17:16, 1 Kings 17:18, 1 Kings 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0452G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 4

הַֽמְצָאתַ֖נִיham.tza.Ta.ni¿ have you found me

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqp2ms)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 5

אֹיְבִ֑י'o.ye.ViO enemy my

Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HVqrmsc)

Meaning: enemy

Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 6

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 7

מָצָ֔אתִיma.Tza.tiI have found [you]

Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to find

Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 8

יַ֚עַןYa.'anbecause

Lemma: יַעַן (ya.an) · Strong's: H3282

Parsing: Conjunction (HC)

Meaning: because

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 22:16, Leviticus 26:43, Numbers 11:20, Numbers 20:12, Deuteronomy 1:36, Joshua 14:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3282; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 9

הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ֔hit.ma.ker.Khayou having sold yourself

Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376

Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)

Meaning: to sell

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 10

לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto do

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 11

הָרַ֖עha.Ra'the evil

Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: bad: evil

Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 12

בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye: seeing

Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 13

יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:20 word 14

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

When Elijah [arrived]	→	אֵלִיָּה H0452G Elijah
Ahab	→	אַחְאָב H0256G Ahab
said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to him	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
So you have found me out	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
my enemy	→	אֹיֵב H0341 enemy
He replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I have found [you] out	→	מָצָא H4672 to find
because	→	יַעַן H3282 because
you have sold yourself	→	מָכַר H4376 to sell
to do	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
evil	→	רַע H7451H bad: evil
in the sight	→	עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing
of the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD

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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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