1 Kings
1 Kings 18:28
28So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So they shouted louder | וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ | way·yiq·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| and cut | וַיִּתְגֹּֽדְדוּ֙ | way·yiṯ·gō·ḏə·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1413 penetrate, cut |
| themselves with knives | בַּחֲרָב֖וֹת | ba·ḥă·rā·ḇō·wṯ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural | H2719 sword |
| and lances | וּבָֽרְמָחִ֑ים | ū·ḇā·rə·mā·ḥîm | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H7420 spear, lance |
| as | כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֔ם | kə·miš·pā·ṭām | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H4941 judgment |
| until | עַד־ | ‘aḏ- | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| the blood | דָּ֖ם | dām | Noun - masculine singular | H1818 blood |
| gushed | שְׁפָךְ־ | šə·p̄āḵ- | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H8210 pour out, pour |
| over them | עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ | ‘ă·lê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H5921 height |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Leviticus 19:28 · Deuteronomy 14:1 · Mark 5:5 · Mark 9:22 · Micah 6:7
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.