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But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? (KJV)
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וַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'and she came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 1
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto him
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 21:5 word 2
אִיזֶ֣בֶל'i.Ze.velJezebel
Lemma: אִיזֶבֶל (i.ze.vel) · Strong's: H0348
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Jezebel
Used 22 times. Also: 1 Kings 16:31, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 18:19, 1 Kings 19:1, 1 Kings 19:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0348; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 3
אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ'ish.Towife his
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 4
וַתְּדַבֵּ֣רva.te.da.Berand she spoke
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVpw3fs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 5
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto him
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 21:5 word 6
מַה\־mah-why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 7
זֶּה֙zehthis
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 8
רוּחֲךָ֣ru.cha.Kha[is] spirit your
Lemma: רוּחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7307G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: spirit
Used 216 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 26:35, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:38, Genesis 45:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7307G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 9
סָרָ֔הsa.Rahsullen
Lemma: סַר (sar) · Strong's: H5620
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: stubborn
Used 3 times. Also: 1 Kings 20:43, 1 Kings 21:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5620; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 10
וְאֵינְךָ֖ve.'ei.ne.Khaand not you
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 11
אֹכֵ֥ל'o.Khel[are] eating
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 12
לָֽחֶם\׃La.chemfood
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT 1 Kings 21:5 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Soon his wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| Jezebel | → | אִיזֶבֶל H0348 Jezebel |
| came in | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| and asked | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| Why | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| are you | → | רוּחַ H7307G spirit |
| so | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| sullen | → | סַר H5620 stubborn |
| that you refuse | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| to eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| . . . | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899G food |
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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