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1 Kings 20:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.


1 Kings 20:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 20:2112 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֵּצֵא֙wayēṣēʾ
and he went outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
the king ofnounH4428
royal
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
וַ/יַּ֥ךְwayakə
and he struck downconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/סּ֖וּסhasws
the horsesparticleH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
andconjH853
הָ/רָ֑כֶבhārākeb
the chariotryparticleH7393
millstone · multitude · wagon
וְ/הִכָּ֥הwəhikāh
and he struck downconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
בַ/אֲרָ֖םbaʾărām
among ArampronH758
Mesopotamia · Syria · Syrians
מַכָּ֥הmakāh
a slaughternounH4347
blow · plague · slaughter · smote ···
גְדוֹלָֽהgədwōlāh
greatadjH1419
aloud · exceeding · far · great (man ···
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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Markus BauerNote1mo ago
The role of community - 1 Kings 20
The imagery here is agricultural - the original audience would have immediately understood the metaphor of sowing, waiting, and harvesting. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of ...
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