“And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.”
1 Kings 20:31 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Kings 20:3128 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָי/ו֮ʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עֲבָדָי/ו֒ʿăbādāyw
servants hisnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
הִנֵּֽהhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
נָ֣אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
שָׁמַ֔עְנוּšāmaʿənw
we have heardverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
כִּ֗יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מַלְכֵי֙maləkēy
the kings ofnounH4428
royal
בֵּ֣יתbēyt
the house ofnounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מַלְכֵ֥יmaləkēy
are kings ofnounH4428
royal
חֶ֖סֶדḥesed
covenant loyaltynounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
הֵ֑םhēm
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
נָשִׂ֣ימָהnāśiymāh
let us putverbH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
נָּא֩nāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
שַׂקִּ֨יםśaqiym
sackclothnounH8242
-clothes)
בְּ/מָתְנֵ֜י/נוּbəmātənēynw
on loins ourpronH4975
greyhound · side
וַ/חֲבָלִ֣יםwaḥăbāliym
and ropesconjH2256
coast · company · cord · country ···
בְּ/רֹאשֵׁ֗/נוּbərōʾšēnw
on head ourpronH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
וְ/נֵצֵא֙wənēṣēʾ
and let us go outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə
the king ofnounH4428
royal
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אוּלַ֖יʾwlay
perhapsadvH194
may be · peradventure · unless
יְחַיֶּ֥הyəḥayeh
he will let liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָnapəšekā
life yournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
ℹWords 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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