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1 Kings 16:18 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,


1 Kings 16:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 16:1818 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֞יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כִּ/רְא֤וֹתkirəʾwōt
when sawpronH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
זִמְרִי֙ziməriy
ZimrinounH2174
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
נִלְכְּדָ֣הniləkədāh
it was capturedverbH3920
at all · be frozen · be holden · stick together ···
הָ/עִ֔ירhāʿiyr
the cityparticleH5892
city · court · town
וַ/יָּבֹ֖אwayābōʾ
and he wentconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַרְמ֣וֹןʾarəmwōn
the fortress ofnounH759
palace. Compare
בֵּיתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə
the kingparticleH4428
royal
וַ/יִּשְׂרֹ֨ףwayiśərōp
and he burnedconjH8313
make a) burn · up) kindle · utterly
עָלָ֧י/וʿālāyw
over himselfpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בֵּֽיתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
מֶ֛לֶךְmelekə
the kingnounH4428
royal
בָּ/אֵ֖שׁbāʾēš
with firepronH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
וַ/יָּמֹֽתwayāmōt
and he diedconjH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Now I understand why - it's a daily declaration of dependence on God. What a reminder that God's ways are not our ways. The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately ...
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