1 Kings 21:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.”

1 Kings 21:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Kings 21:312 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

נָב֖וֹתnābwōt

NabothnounH5022

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אַחְאָ֑בʾaḥəʾāb

AhabnounH256

חָלִ֤ילָ/הḥāliylāh

be farparticleH2486

forbid

לִּ/י֙liy

pron

מֵֽ/יהוָ֔הmēyhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

מִ/תִּתִּ֛/יmititiy

addpronH5414

apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

נַחֲלַ֥תnaḥălat

heritagenounH5159

to inherit · inheritance · possession. Compare

אֲבֹתַ֖/יʾăbōtay

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

לָֽ/ךְlākə

pron

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.

Explore community notes on 1 Kings 21:3

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →