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

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.


1 Kings 21:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 21:2014 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַחְאָב֙ʾaḥəʾāb
AhabnounH256
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּʾēliyāhw
ElijahnounH452
Eliah
הַֽ/מְצָאתַ֖/נִיhaməṣāʾtaniy
befallparticleH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
אֹיְבִ֑/יʾōyəbiy
enemyverbH341
foe
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מָצָ֔אתִיmāṣāʾtiy
befallverbH4672
be able · being · catch · certainly ···
יַ֚עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
הִתְמַכֶּרְ/ךָ֔hitəmakerəkā
sell (awayverbH4376
at all · -er · self)
לַ/עֲשׂ֥וֹתlaʿăśwōt
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
הָ/רַ֖עhāraʿ
adversityparticleH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
בְּ/עֵינֵ֥יbəʿēynēy
eyepronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יְהוָֽהyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
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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