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And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? (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 22:3 word 1
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 2
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 3
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 22:3 word 4
עֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.Davservants his
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 5
הַיְדַעְתֶּ֕םhay.da'.Tem¿ do you know
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqp2mp)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 6
כִּֽי\־ki-that
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 22:3 word 7
רָמֹ֣תra.MotRamoth
Lemma: רָמוֹת (ra.mot) · Strong's: H7418G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ramoth
Used 20 times. Also: 1 Kings 4:13, 1 Kings 22:4, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:12, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7418G; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 8
גִּלְעָ֑דgil.'AdGilead
Lemma: גִּלְעָד (gil.ad) · Strong's: H1568M
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: (Ramoth)-gilead
Used 18 times. Also: 1 Kings 4:13, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:12, 1 Kings 22:15, 1 Kings 22:29, 2 Kings 8:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1568M; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 9
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand we
Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)
Meaning: we
Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 10
מַחְשִׁ֔יםmach.Shim[are] inactive
Lemma: חָשָׁה (cha.shah) · Strong's: H2814
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVhrmpa)
Meaning: be silent
Used 16 times. Also: Judges 18:9, 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5, 2 Kings 7:9, Nehemiah 8:11, Psalms 28:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2814; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 11
מִקַּ֣חַתmi.Ka.chatfrom taking
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 12
אֹתָ֔הּ'o.Tah<obj.> it
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 13
מִיַּ֖דmi.Yadfrom [the] hand of
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 14
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 15
אֲרָֽם\׃'a.RamAram
Lemma: אֲרָם (a.ram) · Strong's: H0758I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Syria
Used 120 times. Also: Judges 10:6, 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:6, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:8, 2 Samuel 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0758I; TAHOT 1 Kings 22:3 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [who] | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| . . . | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his servants | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| Do you not know | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| Ramoth-gilead | → | רָמוֹת H7418G Ramoth |
| is ours | → | |
| . . . | → | גִּלְעָד H1568M (Ramoth)-gilead |
| but we | → | אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we |
| have failed | → | חָשָׁה H2814 be silent |
| to take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| it | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| from the hand | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| of the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Aram | → | אֲרָם H0758I Syria |
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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